POWER OF THE AIR
MESOPOTAMIAN SHEIKS
BOMBED INTO OBEDIENCE
SALUTARY LESSON TO OTHERS.
(STDNET 6DIt CABLI.)
(Received 30th January, 9 a.m.)
BAGDAD, 29th January;
Out of forty defiant Mesopotamian sheiks summoned to meet the Government three, responded. In view of the necessity of securing the safety of visiting officials aitd to prevent warlike pre? parations, the. Government ordered an air action. The Air Force moved forward, troops protecting the aerodromes. Aero-plan.es bombed continuously for 24 hours. All the sheiks surrendered. Mounted police visited-^other districts and received .other sheiks' assurances of implicit obedience.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1924, Page 7
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92POWER OF THE AIR Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1924, Page 7
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