| Modern locale of ancient Babylon |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Republic on the Persian Gulf; capital Baghdad (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Only four-letter country with a "Q" in its name |
New York Times Mini |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Baghdad's land |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Country where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Persian Gulf land |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Dessert Storm place? |
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| Turkey neighbor |
Universal |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Country with Baghdad (4) |
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| Republic on the Persian Gulf; capital Baghdad (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
13 Jun 2025 |
| Mosul's country |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2025 |
| Country which has Baghdad as its capital (4) |
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| Modern home of where cuneiform writing originated |
New York Times |
18 May 2025 |
| Baghdad's country |
New York Times Mini |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Country that is right to put Scotsman out (4) |
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| A "Cradle of Civilization" |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Asian republic whose capital is Baghdad (4) |
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| Mosul's country |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Middle East country whose cities include Karbala and Mosul (4) |
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| Country air damaged court card (4) |
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| Persian Gulf country |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Republic on the Persian Gulf; capital Baghdad |
Mirror Quiz |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Neighbor of Kuwait |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Regularly misread 'Queen and Country' (4) |
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| Air a quick segment on this country |
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| Baghdad is here |
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| Basra is there |
|
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| Basra's country |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Republic of SW Asia largely coinciding with the ancient region of Mesopotamia (4) |
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| Dinars are spent in its diners |
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| Republic on the Persian Gulf; capital Baghdad |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Dec 2024 |
| OPEC member |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Ireland has question about American country |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Iran-__ War |
Commuter |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Land along the Tigris |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Nov 2024 |
| Country artist appearing after one (Queen's Head) |
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| Modern Mesopotamia |
Mirror Tea Time |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Baghdad's country |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Republic in the Middle East. capital city Baghdad (4) |
|
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| Republic on the Persian Gulf; capital Baghdad |
Mirror Quiz |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Modern Mesopotamia |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2024 |
| State is instrumental in connecting reservoir to aqueduct (4) |
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| Modern country which takes in what was the centre of the Babylonian empire (4) |
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| Country having bad air quality (4) |
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| Gulf War locale |
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| Neighbor of Turkey |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Desert Storm location |
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| Baghdad's nation |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Middle Eastern republic (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Middle Eastern republic (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Basra's country |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Unfair, a query within the country (4) |
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| Fertile Crescent land |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2024 |
| ...country is really against Qantas pilots (4) |
|
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| Persian Gulf land |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Country with poor air quality (4) |
|
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| Republic on the Persian Gulf; capital Baghdad |
Mirror Quiz |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Asian country, capital Baghdad (4) |
|
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| Baghdad's land |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Country's queen followed terrorist organization (4) |
|
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| Royal Artillery intercepts intelligence for country |
|
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| Partly repair aqueduct in the Middle East |
|
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| Country bordering Turkey (4) |
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| Neighbour of Turkey |
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| Country, one with little river water |
|
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| It largely corresponds with ancient Mesopotamia |
|
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| Iran's neighbour |
|
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| AFC nation that lost all their 1986 FIFA World Cup Group B games (4) |
|
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| Where dinars are spent |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2024 |
| M. Eastern country (4) |
|
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| Martinique is not a minute from here (4) |
|
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| Home to the Great Ziggurat of Ur |
New York Times |
18 Feb 2024 |
| Middle Eastern country where The Hurt Locker was set |
|
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| Eastern neighbor of Syria |
|
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| Republicans have a question in Asian country (4) |
|
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| Republic on the Persian Gulf; capital Baghdad |
Mirror Quiz |
06 Feb 2024 |
| In Madeira, quality country (4) |
|
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| Where Baghdad is |
Universal |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Country in which the Erbil Citadel UNESCO World Heritage Site is located (4) |
|
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| Country in which the Erbil Citadel UNESCO World Heritage is sited (4) |
|
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| Neighbor of Syria |
Universal |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Hussein domain, once |
|
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| Air new question and land |
|
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| Pair a queen with a country (4) |
|
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| Baghdad’s land |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Syrian Desert sharer |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Country defeated in the 1991 Gulf War (4) |
|
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| Republic on the Persian Gulf whose capital is Baghdad |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Modern location of Nineveh |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2023 |
| “Three Kings” setting |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Persian Gulf land |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Unprotected firm with a question for nation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Neighbor of Kuwait |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Sep 2023 |
| One question about Gunners appearing in Arab republic |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Aug 2023 |
| Baghdad's land |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2023 |
| How smart you are, apprehending king approaching a country |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Aug 2023 |
| Country bordering Syria |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Second-greatest oil producer in OPEC |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Fertile Crescent land |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2023 |
| Baghdad's land |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Apr 2023 |
| Where to exchange dinars for dinners |
Universal |
08 Apr 2023 |
| Baghdad's country |
|
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| Baghdad's nation |
|
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| Home country of Alia Muhammad Baker, the Librarian of Basra |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2023 |
| Baghdad's land |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Feb 2023 |
| Baghdad's country |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Kirkuk's country |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2023 |
| Neighbor of Turkey |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Persian Gulf land |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Nov 2022 |
| Academician getting measure of wit around Asian land |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Sadrists in power here regularly misread question |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Sep 2022 |
| Baghdad's land |
|
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| Arab League member |
Newsday |
15 May 2022 |
| Baghdad's country |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2022 |
| Baghdad's country |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2022 |
| 'The Hurt Locker' setting |
The Washington Post |
27 Apr 2022 |
| "The Hurt Locker" setting |
LA Times Daily |
27 Apr 2022 |
| Certain Arab country |
Family Time |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Country |
The Times Concise |
14 Mar 2022 |
| Its capital city is Baghdad |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Baghdad is its capital |
The Washington Post |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Baghdad is its capital |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Baghdad's country |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Syria's neighbor to the east |
Universal |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Country whose flag features the takbir |
Universal |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Assessed intelligence about part of army in foreign country |
|
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| Intelligence about soldiers in recent warzone |
|
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| Where the Noah’s Ark story is thought to have occurred, today |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2021 |
| Baghdad's land |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Basra's country |
Universal |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Mosul's nation |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Country artist consumed by one's ability to intellectually reason |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Persian Gulf country |
Family Time |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Country, capital Baghdad |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Baghdad's country |
The Times Concise |
20 Aug 2021 |
| Baghdad's land |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Country whose official languages are Arabic and Kurdish |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Baghdad's country |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Setting of Naïm Kattan's memoir 'Farewell, Babylon' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Baghdad's land |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Baghdad's land |
The Washington Post |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Country west of Iran |
The Times Concise |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Eastern republic taking question on nationalists |
|
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| Saudi Arabia neighbor |
Universal |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Country which borders Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Neighbor of Saudi Arabia |
Premier Sunday |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Its national anthem is “Mawtini” |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Nov 2020 |
| Home to Baghdad |
Universal |
02 Nov 2020 |
| Baghdad's country |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Kirkuk’s country |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Sep 2020 |
| The former Mesopotamia |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Uruk is there |
Family Time |
30 Mar 2020 |
| State, or regularly misread, question |
|
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| Saudi Arabia neighbor |
The Washington Post |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Saudi Arabia neighbor |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Baghdad's country |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2019 |
| Baghdad's country |
The Washington Post |
23 Dec 2019 |
| Jordan neighbor |
Universal |
30 Nov 2019 |
| Baghdad's country |
|
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| Modern-day home of where the biblical Abraham was born |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2019 |
| Modern-day home of where the biblical Abraham was born |
|
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| Persian Gulf land |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Oct 2019 |
| Middle Eastern country |
The Times Concise |
11 Oct 2019 |
| Turkey neighbor |
Universal |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Desert Storm land |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2019 |
| Baghdad's land |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Modern home of the ancient king Gilgamesh |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Country wit visited by artist |
|
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| Neighbor of Turkey |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2019 |
| Turkey neighbor |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2019 |
| Baghdad's land |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Location of Baghdad |
The Times Concise |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Kuwait's northern neighbor |
Universal |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Land with a bit of the Fertile Crescent |
Newsday |
23 May 2019 |
| Persian Gulf land |
Family Time |
05 May 2019 |
| Baghdad's nation |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Apr 2019 |
| One country of the Tigris River |
Family Time |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Sunni Triangle land |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Modern locale of ancient Sumer |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Where the Tigris and Euphrates flow |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Neighbor of Turkey |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| 'American Sniper' setting |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Arab nation |
Canadiana |
21 Jan 2019 |
| Baghdad's nation |
|
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| Turkey neighbor |
|
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| Turkey neighbor |
|
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| Desert Storm land |
|
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| "American Sniper" setting |
|
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| Kuwait's northern neighbor |
|
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| Where the Tigris and Euphrates flow |
|
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| Neighbor of Turkey |
|
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| Modern locale of ancient Sumer |
|
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| Modern home of the ancient king Gilgamesh |
|
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| Baghdad's land |
|
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| Baghdad's land |
|
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| Baghdad's country |
|
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| Neighbor of Jordan |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Green Zone country |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Green Zone country |
The Washington Post |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Country artist with a measuring of intelligence all round |
|
|
| Zagros Mountains country |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Zagros Mountains country |
The Washington Post |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Baghdad site |
Premier Sunday |
29 Apr 2018 |
| Where dinars buy dinners |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2018 |
| Country's Republican force given audible cue |
|
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| Zagros Mountains country |
|
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| Sunni Triangle land |
|
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| Where dinars buy dinners |
|
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| Syrian Desert nation |
|
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| Green Zone country |
|
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| Persian Gulf land |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2017 |
| Country artist cracks one question |
|
|
| Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2017 |
| War-torn land |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2017 |
| War-torn land |
The Washington Post |
22 Sep 2017 |
| Basra's country |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Mosul's home |
The Washington Post |
25 Aug 2017 |
| Mosul's home |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2017 |
| Land along the Tigris |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Aug 2017 |
| 2008 campaign issue |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Neighbor of Syria |
Family Time |
26 Jun 2017 |
| "American Sniper" locale |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Rebel army facing question in country |
|
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| Country next to Iran |
Family Time |
15 May 2017 |
| Country invaded in 2003 |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Iran's enemy, once |
Universal |
16 Mar 2017 |
| Sunni Triangle country |
The Washington Post |
20 Feb 2017 |
| Samarra's land |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2017 |
| Republican organisation put before Queen and Country |
|
|
| Tigris and Euphrates juncture locale |
The Washington Post |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Modern-day Mesopotamia |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2017 |
| 2004 battleground |
The Washington Post |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Iran's enemy, once |
|
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| Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet |
|
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| Country invaded in 2003 |
|
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| Mosul's home |
|
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| "American Sniper" locale |
|
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| War-torn land |
|
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| Modern-day Mesopotamia |
|
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| OPEC member |
Newsday |
01 Dec 2016 |
| ... and in the Middle East .. |
Jonesin |
25 Oct 2016 |
| "The Hurt Locker" setting |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2016 |
| One "I" of ISIS |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2016 |
| What's regularly written in quatrain about Arab land |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Oct 2016 |
| What's regularly written in quatrain about Arab land |
|
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| Arab state |
Canadiana |
10 Oct 2016 |
| Country that used to have 27-Down |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2016 |
| "American Sniper" setting |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Turkey neighbor |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2016 |
| I take on what people often ask about leaderless country |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Jun 2016 |
| It's south of Turkey |
Universal |
08 Jun 2016 |
| Desert Storm target |
USA Today |
08 May 2016 |
| Kirkuk's land |
Universal |
03 May 2016 |
| Baghdad's nation |
Canadiana |
02 May 2016 |
| Big oil exporter |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2016 |
| Fertile Crescent nation |
Universal |
24 Apr 2016 |
| See 25 Down |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
01 Apr 2016 |
| Baghdad's land |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2016 |
| It's south of Turkey |
|
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| See 25 Down |
|
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| Country that used to have 27-Down |
|
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| Desert Storm target |
|
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| One "I" of ISIS |
|
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| Country once part of Babylonia |
The Washington Post |
23 Dec 2015 |
| Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet |
The Washington Post |
01 Dec 2015 |
| Former Baath Party stronghold |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2015 |
| Baghdad's country |
The Times Concise |
09 Oct 2015 |
| Mideast hot spot |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2015 |
| Baghdad's country |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jul 2015 |
| One of the I's of ISIS |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2015 |
| Country created by the Treaty of Sèvres, 1920 |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2015 |
| Mideast nation |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 May 2015 |
| Sunni Triangle locale |
Newsday |
24 May 2015 |
| Kirkuk's country |
LA Times Daily |
11 May 2015 |
| 'The Hurt Locker' setting |
Jonesin |
07 May 2015 |
| Saddam's domain once |
Canadiana |
23 Mar 2015 |
| Mosul's land |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Country whose flag bears Kufic script |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
06 Feb 2015 |
| One of the I's of ISIS |
|
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| Country created by the Treaty of Sèvres, 1920 |
|
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| Mideast hot spot |
|
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| Fertile Crescent country |
|
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| "The Hurt Locker" setting |
|
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| Modern country within the "Cradle of Civilization" |
|
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| Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet |
|
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| Sunni Triangle locale |
|
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| Setting for "American Sniper" |
|
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| Kirkuk's country |
|
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| Country whose flag bears Kufic script |
|
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| Former Baath Party stronghold |
|
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| Neighbor of 10-Down |
|
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| Modern-day locale of ancient Nineveh |
|
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| Country with the ruins of ancient Nineveh |
|
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| Mesopotamia's place |
|
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| Baghdad's land |
|
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| Baghdad's home |
|
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| Early 2000s war zone |
|
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| Fertile Crescent land |
|
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| Kirkuk's place |
|
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| Mesopotamia, now |
|
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| Syria neighbor |
|
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| Fertile Crescent land |
|
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| Persian Gulf country |
|
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| Setting for "Three Kings," 1999 |
|
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| Turkey neighbor |
|
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| "The Cradle of Civilization" |
|
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| Desert Storm country |
|
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| Sunni Triangle setting |
|
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| OPEC member |
|
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| Chair a Question Time covering Middle East trouble spot |
|
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| Republican group attracting gadgeteer in state |
|
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| Persian Gulf country |
|
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| Modern Babylonia |
|
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| Big oil exporter |
|
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| Where the Tigris meets the Euphrates |
|
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| "Green Zone" setting |
|
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| "The New Way Forward" country |
|
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| Jordan neighbor |
|
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| Big oil exporter |
|
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| Where the Tigris meets the Euphrates |
|
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| "The Hurt Locker" setting |
|
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| Baghdad's nation |
|
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| "The Hurt Locker" setting |
|
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| Saddam used to rule it |
|
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| What some veterans recall |
|
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| "The Hurt Locker" setting |
|
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| What some veterans recall |
|
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| Fertile Crescent land |
|
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| Jordan neighbor |
|
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| Major oil exporter |
|
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| Modern site of Mesopotamia |
|
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| Jordan neighbor |
|
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| Fallujah's land |
|
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| Neighbor of Jordan |
|
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| Nation where the Tigris and Euphrates meet |
|
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| Modern site of Mesopotamia |
|
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| Major oil exporter |
|
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| 2000s service site |
|
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| Saddam Hussein's land |
|
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| Syrian Desert sharer |
|
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| Mesopotamia, today |
|
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| Baghdad's country |
|
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| One side in a 1980s war |
|
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| "Axis of evil" member |
|
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| Mosul's land |
|
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| OPEC founding member |
|
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| Mesopotamia, today |
|
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| "Three Kings" setting |
|
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| Modern Babylonia |
|
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| Fertile Crescent land |
|
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| "The Hurt Locker" locale |
|
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| Desert Storm target |
|
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| What some veterans recall |
|
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| OPEC founding member |
|
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| Mosul's land |
|
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| Operation Desert Storm setting |
|
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| "Jarhead" setting |
|
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| 1990 Kuwait invader |
|
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| Green Zone site |
|
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| Where Al Sharqiya is broadcast |
|
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| "Kismet" country |
|
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| Modern locale of ancient Ur |
|
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| Land on the Persian Gulf |
|
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| Where many a veteran has served |
|
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| Persian Gulf country |
|
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| Where Al Sharqiya is broadcast |
|
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| 1990 Kuwait invader |
|
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| Green Zone site |
|
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| Fertile Crescent land |
|
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| "Three Kings" setting |
|
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| Mideast hot spot |
|
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| Nation suspected of harboring weapons of mass destruction |
|
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| Neighbor of Syria |
|
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| Neighbor of Turkey |
|
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| Basra's land |
|
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| Where dinners cost dinars |
|
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| Neighbor of Kuwait |
|
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| Baghdad's home |
|
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| Talabani's land |
|
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| Asian republic |
|
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| Turkey toucher |
|
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| Baghdad's country |
|
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| Modern home of the ancient Akkadian empire |
|
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| Modern home of ancient Ur |
|
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| Babylon's site, today |
|
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| Baath party place |
|
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| Baghdad's land |
|
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| Kirkuk's country |
|
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| Neighbor of Turkey |
|
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| Jordan neighbor |
|
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| Persian Gulf country |
|
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| Mesopotamia, today |
|
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| Where the Euphrates flows |
|
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| Basra locale |
|
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| Turkey neighbor |
|
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| With 33-Down, topic in the 2008 presidential campaign |
|
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| Turkey toucher |
|
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| Where dinner costs dinars |
|
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| Baghdad's land |
|
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| 2007 Asian Cup champion |
|
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| 1990 Kuwait invader |
|
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| 2008 campaign issue |
|
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| Persian Gulf adjoiner |
|
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| Country in March 2003 headlines |
|
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| Script meaning "God is great" appears on its flag |
|
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| Modern Mesopotamia |
|
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| Its flag has Arabic script on it |
|
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| Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet |
|
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| Basra locale |
|
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| Basra's land |
|
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| Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet |
|
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| Kirkuk's country |
|
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| Member of OPEC |
|
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| Where the Tigris flows |
|
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| Kirkuk's country |
|
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| Baghdad's country |
|
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| 1991 war zone |
|
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| 2008 campaign issue |
|
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| Persian Gulf country |
|
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| Baghdad's land |
|
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| Kirkuk's land |
|
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| Modern site of ancient Nineveh |
|
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| Asian country slightly larger than California |
|
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| Jarhead setting |
|
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| It includes Mesopotamia |
|
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| Where Mosul is |
|
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| Country in the news |
|
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| Asian country slightly larger than California |
|
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| Mosul's country |
|
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| Turkey toucher |
|
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| Mesopotamian land |
|
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| Neighbor of Syria |
|
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| Middle East republic |
|
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| Country whose flag says "God is great" |
|
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| Middle Eastern nation |
|
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| Mosul's country |
|
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| Where the Tigris flows |
|
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| Tikrit's land |
|
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| Basra's country |
|
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| "Cobra II" topic |
|
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| Basra locale |
|
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| Basra's land |
|
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| Basra's country |
|
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| Persian Gulf War loser |
|
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| Former site of no-fly zones |
|
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| Sumer, nowadays |
|
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| Where the Tigris flows |
|
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| Where the Euphrates flows |
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| A land of the Tigris and Euphrates |
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| Babylon's site, today |
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| Neighbor of Jordan |
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| Neighbor of Iran |
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| Neighbor of Turkey |
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| Mesopotamia's locale, today |
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| Baghdad's country |
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| Desert Storm target |
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| Najaf locale |
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| Land of conflict |
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| Its flag says "God is great" in Arabic |
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| Kuwait neighbor |
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| Mesopotamia's locale, today |
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| Najaf's home |
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| Najaf's home |
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| Desert Storm target |
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| Former no-fly zone |
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| Baghdad's country |
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| Syria's neighbor |
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| Baghdad site |
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| Former Baathist state |
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| Place to spend dinars |
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| Persian Gulf adjoiner |
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| Syria neighbor |
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| Arab League nation |
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| Ruins of Babylon locale |
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| Mosul locale |
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| Operation Iron Hammer locale |
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| Where the Tigris and the Euphrates flow |
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| Mesopotamia, today |
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| Gulf War country |
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| It became independent in 1932 |
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| Tikrit's land |
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| Where Baghdad is the capital |
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| 2004 presidential debate topic |
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| Saudi Arabia neighbor |
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| Saudi Arabia neighbor |
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| Nation suspected of having weapons of mass destruction |
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| Ambassador Negroponte's assignment |
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| It became independent in 1932 |
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| Saudi Arabia neighbor |
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| Country in the news |
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| Where the Tigris meets the Euphrates |
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| Invaded nation of 2003 |
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| It's south of Turkey |
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| Where the Shatt-al-Arab flows |
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| Baghdad's land |
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| Modern Mesopotamia |
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| One of Turkey's neighbors |
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| Uum Qasr's place |
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| Asian land |
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| OPEC member |
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| Baghdad is its capital |
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| Middle East hot spot |
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| Neighbor of Saudi Arabia |
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| 2003 war zone |
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| Tigris-Euphrates land |
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| Country in the Fertile Crescent |
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| Independent country as of 1932 |
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| Mideast nation |
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| Basra's nation |
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| Basra's place |
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| Basra's location |
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| Word in recent headlines |
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| Country at war in 2003 |
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| Neighbor of 124 Across |
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| Member of Bush's "axis of evil" |
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| Arab League member |
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| Desert Storm site |
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| Imminent target |
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| It may be attacked soon |
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| Gulf War loser |
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| Where Nineveh is |
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| Mideast country |
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| Gulf country |
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| Modern Mesopotamia |
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| Basra's locale |
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| Home of some Kurds |
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| Modern Mesopotamia |
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| It doesn't bare its arms |
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| Jordan adjoiner |
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| Gulf War country |
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| Faisal I's land |
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| Nation bordering Iran |
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| Basra's nation |
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| Nation subject to a UN embargo |
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| Mesopotamia, nowadays |
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| It roughly coextends with Mesopotamia |
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| Desert Storm foe |
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| Mesopotamia, today |
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| Saddam's country |
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| Jordan adjoiner |
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| Saddam's land |
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| Country under longtime U.N. sanctions |
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| WTC suspect |
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| Aggressor of Aug. 2, 1990 |
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| Baghdad's country |
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| Operation Desert Storm target |
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| Gulf War belligerant |
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| Kuwait neighbor |
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| Kirkuk's locale |
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| Middle East republic |
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| Today's Mesopotamia |
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| Neighbor of Saudi Arabia |
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| The British invaded it during World War I |
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| It has begun challenging no-fly zones with domestic flights |
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| Modern site of ancient Nineveh |
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| Subject of U.N. sanctions |
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| Sumer, nowadays |
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| '80s fighter of 40-across |
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| Kismet locale, today |
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| Desert storm target |
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| Neighbor of 46 Across |
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| Domain of Hussein |
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| Gulf War loser |
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| Persian Gulf land |
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| Hussein's home |
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| Where dinners cost dinars |
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| Gulf War loser |
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| Mesopotamia now |
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| Kirkuk's country |
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| Neighbor of 5 Down |
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| Where the Tigris flows |
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| Desert Storm combatant |
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| Amara's nation |
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| Basra's milieu |
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| Hussein's haven |
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| Kuwait invader of 1990 |
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| Turkey's neighbor |
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| 1980's war participant |
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| Land of the Tigris and Euphrates |
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| Faisal I's land |
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| Mesopotamia's now part of it |
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| Republic since 1958 |
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| Kirkuk's country |
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| Where to find the ruins of Babylon |
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| Gulf war foe |
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| Where to spend 18 Across |
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| Mesopotamia today |
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| Babylon's land |
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| 1980s war participant |
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| Basra's country |
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| Nineveh's locale, nowadays |
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| Part of Mesopotamia, today |
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| Saddam's land |
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| Where Nineveh is |
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| Mideast hot spot |
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| Jordan's neighbor |
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| Turkey neighbor |
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| Invader of 1990 |
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| Foe of 31-Across |
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| Kirkuk's locale |
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| Where dinars buy dinner |
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| Babylonia today |
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| Turkey neighbor |
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| Desert Storm target |
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| Neighbor of Iran |
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| Jordan neighbor |
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| Modern site of ancient Kish |
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| Ur locale |
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| Where Baghdad is |
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| A 1991 war zone |
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| Babylon's site today |
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| Middle East republic |
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| A neighbor of Jordan |
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| Mesopotamian nation |
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| Basra's locale |
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| Foe of Iran |
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| Baghdad is its capital |
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| Home of the Kirkuk oil field |
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| Modern Mesopotamia |
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| Where Basra is |
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| Middle East land |
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| Mesopotamia today |
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| Homeland of the thief of Baghdad |
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| Oil-rich land |
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| Where the Euphrates meets the Tigris |
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| World's sixth largest oil producer |
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| Basra's land |
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| Mesopotamia's land |
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| Syria's neighbor |
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| Oil country |
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| Asian land |
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| Mideast state |
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| Mideast nation |
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| Where the Tigris flows |
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| Land of caliphs |
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| Mideast land |
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| Arab land |
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| Mesopotamia. |
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| Part of the Middle East. |
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| Country of SW Asia. |
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| Turkey's neighbor. |
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| Where Arif rules. |
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| Where Mosul is. |
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| Modern Mesopotamia. |
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| Where Basra is. |
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| Syria's neighbor. |
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| Asian land. |
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| Where Erbil is. |
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| Arabia's neighbor. |
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| Kabob country. |
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| Where Tigris meets Euphrates |
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| Country in Asia |
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| Its capital is Bagdad. |
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| Where Bagdad is. |
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| Baghdad is its capital. |
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| Great oil-producing country. |
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| See 57-Across |
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| Its motto is "Allahu Akbar" |
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| Faisal II's country. |
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| Bagdad is its capital. |
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| Kingdom of Asia. |
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| Baghdad's republic. |
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| Mideast land. |
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| Asiatic country. |
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| Nation in METO. |
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| Baghdad Pact country. |
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| Arab kingdom. |
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| Where Baghdad is. |
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| U. A. R. member. |
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| Arab land. |
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| Where the Tigris flows. |
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| Asian country. |
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| Neighbor of Kuwait. |
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| Country rich in oil. |
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| Moslem land. |
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