This current king of Jordan was a cousin of King Faisal of Iraq, who was assassinated in 1958
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50 Years ago - Radical Royalist  Jul 14, 2008 ... King Faisal II and Crown Prince Abdullah were executed in the gardens of ... Between 1921 and 1958, Iraq had three kings descended from Sharif ... Following King Faisal II's assassination by blood thirsty officers in 1958, there were ... King Faisal II of Iraq, was invited by his cousin the late King Hussein to...
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King Hussein of Jordan - Wikipedia  Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from the abdication of his father, King Talal, in 1952, until ... Abdullah was killed, but the 15-year-old Hussein survived the assassination attempt, ... 1958, when King Faisal II of Iraq and his cousin, King Hussein of Jordan, sought .... The current King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 14 | 1958: Coup in Iraq sparks jitters in Middle ...  A military revolt in Iraq overthrows the monarchy and prompts King Hussein of Jordan to ... Nuri es Said, prime minister of the Iraq-Jordan Federation, had been assassinated. ... Unconfirmed reports suggest King Faisal himself has also been killed. His cousin, King Hussein of Jordan, has declared himself head of the Arab...
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Faisal II of Iraq - Wikipedia  Faisal II (2 May 1935  14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 ... Faisal's father was killed in a mysterious car crash when he was three years old; his ... As a teenager, Faisal attended Harrow School with his second cousin ... In the summer of 1958, King Hussein of Jordan asked for Iraqi military...
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Why was Saddam Hussein haunted by the brutal murder of Iraq's ...  Aug 7, 2008 ... King Faisal who was brutally murdered at the age of 23 ... the Gulf Wars of 1991 and 2003, and the current bloodshed and schism in Iraq are the ... Faisal II was educated in Britain at Harrow, along with his cousin, King Hussein of Jordan. ... Some time after 5.30 on the morning of July 14, 1958, the palace in...
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Faisal bin Musaid - Wikipedia  Faisal bin Musaid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (4 April 1944  18 June 1975) was the assassin and ... His father was Prince Musa'id, the paternal half brother of King Faisal, and ... While Faisal was at San Francisco State his brother Khaled was killed. ... When he came back to Saudi Arabia, Saudi authorities seized his passport...
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Royal Family | Embassy of Jordan  His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein is the 43rd generation direct ... Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Talal Abdallah Bin Al-Hussein is the only...
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Death of a King; Cautious King Took Risks In Straddling Two Worlds  Feb 8, 1999 ... King Hussein spent the final months of his life working relentlessly for peace .... became King and renamed his country the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. .... 1991 when King Hussein gave an emotional speech condemning the air .... In 1978, King Hussein took a fourth wife, an American, Lisa Halaby, the...
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Ynetnews News - Queen Noor's tweets cause controversy in Jordan  Sep 11, 2015 ... However, Jordanians aren't very happy with Queen Noor's public statements ... A number of pundits in Jordan say that the queen has broken traditional ... since implications that insult the royal family and harm the country's image ... close to Queen Rania (wife of current Jordanian monarch Abdullah II), has...
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King Faisal of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia  Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975. As king, he is credited with rescuing the country's finances and implementing .... King Saud, by now shorn of all his powers, agreed, and Prince Faisal was ... Early in his reign, when faced by demands for a written constitution for the country, King...
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Iraq - Wikipedia  Iraq officially known as the Republic of Iraq (Arabic:       About this sound Jumhryyat al-'Irq; Kurdish:     Komari Eraq) is a country in ... Around 95% of the country's 36 million citizens are Shia or Sunni Muslims, with ... In 1958, the monarchy was overthrown and the Iraqi Republic created. Iraq was...
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- washingtonpost.com  Dec 29, 2006 ... He also won popularity among many Arabs in other Middle Eastern countries for his implacable opposition to Israel and his resistance to the ... Under his uncle's guidance, Hussein joined the Baath Party in 1956, ... One of the party's leaders in Iraq was a relative, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, a top army general.
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Queen Noor of Jordan - Wikipedia  Queen Noor of Jordan the American-born widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was his fourth .... Queen Noor's work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and ... Queen Noor of Jordan", while King Abdullah's wife Queen Rania is styled "HM The Queen of .... 15 June 1978  7 February 1999, Succeeded by
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Hashemites - Wikipedia  The House of Hashim, better known as the Hashemites Hashmi are the royal family of the ... 497 AD), the great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, although the ... Abdullah, became the amir of Transjordan in 1921 and king of Jordan in 1946, and whose descendants continue to rule the ... Hashemite Lineage...
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King Khalid of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia  Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982. His reign saw both ... Khalid bin Abdulaziz was named Crown Prince in 1965 to succeed King Faisal ... King Khalid's reign began on 25 March 1975 when King Faisal was assassinated. ..... Jump up ^ "New, shy King is 'nicest man in Saudi Arabia'".
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Workers World Feb. 18, 1999: King Hussein's role in the Middle East  Feb 18, 1999 ... 7 of King Hussein of Jordan, who ruled for more than 45 years, was ... After World War II, the United States displaced Britain as the protector and overlord of these regimes. ... The British promised the Arab people that if they fought Ottoman rule, ... Feisal became king of Iraq and Abdullah king of Jordan.
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Khalid | king of Saudi Arabia | Britannica.com  King of Saudi Arabia (197582), who succeeded his half brother Fayal as king ... and afterward he was regarded as a man of the desert, more at home with desert ... ...remained active in his office until he was shot to death by his nephew...
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Kuwait's ruling sheik dies at 79 - World news - Mideast/N. Africa ...  Jan 15, 2006 ... Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, the emir of Kuwait who suffered a brain ... restored to power by American forces after Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny, oil-rich ... King Abudullah of Saudi Arabia, Iraqi President Jalal Talbani, and Hosni ... His palace in Kuwait City's Dasman neighborhood near the sea was...
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King Hussein of Jordan - Wikipedia  Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from the abdication of his father, King Talal, in 1952, until his death. Hussein's rule extended through the Cold War and four decades of ArabIsraeli conflict. He recognized Israel in 1994, becoming the second Arab head of state to do ... Abdullah's eldest son, Talal, became King of Jordan, but thirteen months...
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CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: King Abdullah II ...  Jun 3, 2000 ... Prosecutor says witnesses saw rap star shoot gun in club .... KING ABDULLAH: Well, in the last several months, there were a lot of members of ... want me to be there to support whoever his candidate was for successor. ... KING: Our guest is His Majesty King Abdullah, the king of Jordan. ..... King Hussein.
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King Hussein of Jordan - Wikipedia  Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from the abdication of his father, King Talal, in 1952, until his death. Hussein's rule extended through the Cold War and four decades of ArabIsraeli conflict. He recognized Israel in 1994, becoming the second Arab head of state to do ..... King Hussein was succeeded as king by his eldest son Abdullah II of Jordan.