A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_Iraqi_coup_d'état" id="mwuA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1941 Iraqi coup d'état">military coup</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" id="mwuQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> overthrows the regime of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Abd_al-Ilah" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="'Abd al-Ilah">'Abd al-Ilah</a> and installs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Ali_al-Gaylani" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rashid Ali al-Gaylani">Rashid Ali al-Gaylani</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Iraq" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Iraq">Prime Minister</a>.<sup about="#mwt124" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-21" id="mwvQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwvg">[21]</span></a></sup>
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