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…showed last 75 words of 949 total…extensive personality cult among the Iraqi public. His goals as president were to supplant Egypt as leader of the Arab world, to achieve hegemony over the Persian Gulf, and to use oil revenues to raise the country's standard of living. Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq became an independent kingdom in 1932. Iraq is a land of beauty and turmoil. The country of Iraq maintains an extremely diverse land, as any study will show you.