GIRL REBEL LEADER
Father Killed By Iraquis (N Z. Press Assn—Copyright) TEHERAN, Jan. 17. The daughter of an executed Assyrian tribal chief has joined the Kurdish uprising against the Iraqi Government with 700 riflemen, according to a Teheran newspaper. The paper printed a front page picture of the girl, Shemirum, and said she had joined the rebels, led by Mulla Mustafa Barzani, in revenge for the alleged execution of her father, Estiphan, by the Iraqi Government two years ago. Now his daughter is leading her own army of “Razan” tribesmen. Heavy fighting between Barzani's rebels and Iraqi Government forces in the Kirkuk i and Soleimanieh regions has been reported during the last 48 hours. At least 335 Iraqi officers and men have been killed, against a loss of 12 rebels, ac- i Warding to newspaper reports.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30961, 18 January 1966, Page 2
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136GIRL REBEL LEADER Press, Volume CV, Issue 30961, 18 January 1966, Page 2
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