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20-01-2007, 18:21
al-Jumhuriyah al-A'rabiyah al-Ishtirakiyah al-Muttahidah
United Arab Socialist Republic
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Population: 131,196,801
Government System: Federal socialist republic
Head of State: President Malik al-KATIB (Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan)
Head of Government: Premier Lamya al-BADR (Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan)
Capital: Baghdad
History: The United Arab Socialist Republic has only existed since May 1, 1968. However, its history starts before this date. To be specific, in 1958, when Gamal Abdel Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli signed their countries into the union known as the United Arab Republic. This first step towards a pan-Arab state was not meant to create the socialist state which it did indeed end up creating. In fact, it was a one-party Nasserist state that harshly repressed Communists. Despite tensions with Jordan, among other things, the UAR managed to stay together, although not without problems. The government grew even more oppressive than it had been, with secessionist elements in Syria being purged.
Two years later, there was an invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops. The government of Iraq called the British on their promise to send troops to the fledgling emirate. The British, in the end, did not. Kuwait became a province of Iraq by the end of the year. These four states would make up the beginnings of the UASR in due time.
In 1963, Iraq (and thus, Kuwait), signed on to the UAR, and a third green star was added to the flag. President Nasser soon found that controlling Syria was hard enough; add Iraq and Kuwait to that mix, and it was almost intolerable. An uprising, spearheaded by the Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan, an Iraqi-based Titoist party led by Shi'ite Fahd al-Ash'ari, left the UAR reeling, as the Socialist Republic of Iraq (still including Kuwait) seceded.
A war began in the area, with the traditionally Soviet-supported UAR going up against the SRI, which found support with the US and Yugoslavia. The two nations butted heads for years, with neither winning or losing.
That changed in 1967. Israel went to war with Jordan, the UAR and...not Iraq. The defeat in the Six-Day War was a humiliating defeat for Jordan, the UAR, and...not Iraq. The Six-Day War sucked up the manpower of the UAR...but not Iraq. Within a year, Syria had fallen to the SRI. At this point, when Syria officially seceded from the UAR and integrated into Iraq, the country was renamed the United Arab Socialist Republic. With this, the invasion of Egypt, backed up by Egyptian Communist guerillas, commenced.
The invasion would have taken less time, had Fahd not had his eyes set on other things. While he was fighting Nasser in Egypt, he was also funnelling off his Yugo/American aid to revolutionaries in British Bahrain, Qatar, and Trucial Oman (the UAE). This managed to get his American aid cut off, and was still costly to the UASR. So, the war in Egypt took longer than expected, and costed much more as well. Nevertheless, the UASR continued to beat out a war-weary, increasingly oppressive Egypt. Following Nasser's death in 1970, Anwar al-Sadat took power in Egypt. With less stars in his eyes, Sadat made a half-hearted attempt to fight off the UASR, then surrendered in 1974. Egypt became part of the UASR after the surrender.
Back in Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE, independent countries in 1971 hadn't satisfied the rebels. Now being able to focus more attention over there, al-Ash'ari restored pre-war funding to them. They seized power in 1975 in all three countries, and declared their union with the UASR a bit later.
In 1976, Fahd al-Ash'ari was assassinated by a Qatari Islamic extremist. This power vacuum resulted in Air General Sadiq 'Ataullah al-Makki, supported by the military, to take power and restore stability. al-Makki soon proved, however, that he had ideas beyond stabilizing the country, and the UASR quickly became a Stalinist police state.
However, al-Makki was missing the quintessential element to a Stalinist police state; a brutal secret police. That was because Idris al-Asadi, director of the UASR State Security Division, did not support his regime. al-Makki was forced to resort to brutal oppression through the military. A dissatisfied people and the SSD allowed al-Asadi to oust al-Makki and take power on 1/31/1980. Appointed Premier, and on 2/14/1980, Premier-for-Life, al-Asadi in some of the most brutal fashions possible (although he was much more subtle about this than al-Makki), cemented his rule in the country. And he indeed ruled the country until the day he died, which was 1/31/2000, when he was 60 years old and exactly twenty years after he had taken power.
His successor was a dark horse; nobody saw her coming. A young woman named Lamya al-Badr, who had previously served in the General People's Assembly representing Eastern Iraq, but for only one term, beat out all opposition, and at age 25, became Premier. al-Badr continues to rule the country in the oppressive, authoritarian fashion that her predecessor did, and, while she hasn't been appointed Premier-for-Life as al-Asadi was, will probably rule the country in this fashion until the day she dies.
United Arab Socialist Republic
http://flagspot.net/images/e/et%7Dwpe.gif
Population: 131,196,801
Government System: Federal socialist republic
Head of State: President Malik al-KATIB (Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan)
Head of Government: Premier Lamya al-BADR (Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan)
Capital: Baghdad
History: The United Arab Socialist Republic has only existed since May 1, 1968. However, its history starts before this date. To be specific, in 1958, when Gamal Abdel Nasser and Shukri al-Quwatli signed their countries into the union known as the United Arab Republic. This first step towards a pan-Arab state was not meant to create the socialist state which it did indeed end up creating. In fact, it was a one-party Nasserist state that harshly repressed Communists. Despite tensions with Jordan, among other things, the UAR managed to stay together, although not without problems. The government grew even more oppressive than it had been, with secessionist elements in Syria being purged.
Two years later, there was an invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops. The government of Iraq called the British on their promise to send troops to the fledgling emirate. The British, in the end, did not. Kuwait became a province of Iraq by the end of the year. These four states would make up the beginnings of the UASR in due time.
In 1963, Iraq (and thus, Kuwait), signed on to the UAR, and a third green star was added to the flag. President Nasser soon found that controlling Syria was hard enough; add Iraq and Kuwait to that mix, and it was almost intolerable. An uprising, spearheaded by the Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan, an Iraqi-based Titoist party led by Shi'ite Fahd al-Ash'ari, left the UAR reeling, as the Socialist Republic of Iraq (still including Kuwait) seceded.
A war began in the area, with the traditionally Soviet-supported UAR going up against the SRI, which found support with the US and Yugoslavia. The two nations butted heads for years, with neither winning or losing.
That changed in 1967. Israel went to war with Jordan, the UAR and...not Iraq. The defeat in the Six-Day War was a humiliating defeat for Jordan, the UAR, and...not Iraq. The Six-Day War sucked up the manpower of the UAR...but not Iraq. Within a year, Syria had fallen to the SRI. At this point, when Syria officially seceded from the UAR and integrated into Iraq, the country was renamed the United Arab Socialist Republic. With this, the invasion of Egypt, backed up by Egyptian Communist guerillas, commenced.
The invasion would have taken less time, had Fahd not had his eyes set on other things. While he was fighting Nasser in Egypt, he was also funnelling off his Yugo/American aid to revolutionaries in British Bahrain, Qatar, and Trucial Oman (the UAE). This managed to get his American aid cut off, and was still costly to the UASR. So, the war in Egypt took longer than expected, and costed much more as well. Nevertheless, the UASR continued to beat out a war-weary, increasingly oppressive Egypt. Following Nasser's death in 1970, Anwar al-Sadat took power in Egypt. With less stars in his eyes, Sadat made a half-hearted attempt to fight off the UASR, then surrendered in 1974. Egypt became part of the UASR after the surrender.
Back in Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE, independent countries in 1971 hadn't satisfied the rebels. Now being able to focus more attention over there, al-Ash'ari restored pre-war funding to them. They seized power in 1975 in all three countries, and declared their union with the UASR a bit later.
In 1976, Fahd al-Ash'ari was assassinated by a Qatari Islamic extremist. This power vacuum resulted in Air General Sadiq 'Ataullah al-Makki, supported by the military, to take power and restore stability. al-Makki soon proved, however, that he had ideas beyond stabilizing the country, and the UASR quickly became a Stalinist police state.
However, al-Makki was missing the quintessential element to a Stalinist police state; a brutal secret police. That was because Idris al-Asadi, director of the UASR State Security Division, did not support his regime. al-Makki was forced to resort to brutal oppression through the military. A dissatisfied people and the SSD allowed al-Asadi to oust al-Makki and take power on 1/31/1980. Appointed Premier, and on 2/14/1980, Premier-for-Life, al-Asadi in some of the most brutal fashions possible (although he was much more subtle about this than al-Makki), cemented his rule in the country. And he indeed ruled the country until the day he died, which was 1/31/2000, when he was 60 years old and exactly twenty years after he had taken power.
His successor was a dark horse; nobody saw her coming. A young woman named Lamya al-Badr, who had previously served in the General People's Assembly representing Eastern Iraq, but for only one term, beat out all opposition, and at age 25, became Premier. al-Badr continues to rule the country in the oppressive, authoritarian fashion that her predecessor did, and, while she hasn't been appointed Premier-for-Life as al-Asadi was, will probably rule the country in this fashion until the day she dies.