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- ↑ Ismael, Tareq Y. The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Iraq . Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. p. 101
- ↑ Middle East Record 1960 . London: published for the Israel Oriental Society, the Reuven Shiloah Research Center. p. 238
- ↑ Middle East Record 1960 . London: published for the Israel Oriental Society, the Reuven Shiloah Research Center. p. 239