Missionaries in IRAQ
— Edgar and Rosann Feghaly —
Middle East Outreach
Church Planting, Education, Radio Ministries
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Address:
PO Box 225
Powell, TN 37849
865-223-6418
Website: www. gospeltoiraq.com
Email: kjb1611@hanmail.net
Sending Church:
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Clarence Sexton
PO Box 159
Powell, TN 37849-0159
865-938-8182
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Edgar and Rosann Feghaly joined World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions on April 1, 1997.
http://www.wwntbm.com/info.php?fullname=Feghaly_Edgar
About IRAQ *
Background: Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire,
Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under
UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932. A "republic"
was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of strongmen ruled the country until 2003. The last was SADDAM Husayn.
Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized
Kuwait but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991. Following Kuwait's
liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles
and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years
led to the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime. US forces remain in Iraq
under a UNSC mandate until 2009 and under a bilateral security agreement thereafter, helping to provide security and to
support the freely elected government. The Coalition Provisional Authority, which temporarily administered Iraq after the
invasion, transferred full governmental authority in June of 2004 to the Iraqi Interim Government, which governed under
the Transitional Administrative Law for Iraq (TAL). Under the TAL, elections for a 275-member Transitional National
Assembly (TNA) were held in Iraq in January 2005. Following these elections, the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG)
assumed office. The TNA was charged with drafting Iraq's permanent constitution, which was approved in a October 2005
constitutional referendum. An election under the constitution for a 275-member Council of Representatives (CoR) was held
in December 2005. The CoR approval in the selection of most of the cabinet ministers in May of 2006 marked the transition
from the ITG to Iraq's first constitutional government in nearly a half-century.
- Area:
Total: 437,072 sq km
Land: 432,162 sq km
Water: 4,910 sq km
- Area - comparative:
Slightly more than twice the size of Idaho
- Government Type: parliamentary democracy
- Capital: Baghdad
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Independence: 3 October 1932
(from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional
Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi-controlled Government
Population: 28,221,180 (July 2008 est.)
Ethnic groups: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%
Religions: Muslim 97% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
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Disputes - International:
Coalition forces assist Iraqis in monitoring internal and
cross-border security; approximately two million Iraqis have fled the conflict in Iraq, with the majority taking
refuge in Syria and Jordan, and lesser numbers to Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, and Turkey; Iraq's lack of a maritime
boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction disputes beyond the mouth of the Shatt al Arab in the Persian Gulf;
Turkey has expressed concern over the autonomous status of Kurds in Iraq.
* Based on CIA-The World Factbook
