Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I kino haere te ahuatanga o Faisal i te 1956, me nga tutu i nga taone nui o Najaf me Hayy. I tēnei wā,
Ko te whakaeke ki Ihipa, i whakaritea ki Ingarangi me Wīwī hei whakautu ki te whakamanatanga a Nasser o te Suez Canal, i kaha ake ai te riri a te iwi ki te Pact o Baghdad, na reira ko te kawanatanga a Faisal. I timata te whakahee ki te whakarite i ana mahi; i te Hui-tanguru 1957, i whakatuhia he "Front of National Union", e whakakotahi ana i nga National Democrats, Independents, Communists, me te Ba'ath Party. He tukanga ōrite i whai ake i roto i te ope rangatira o Iraki me te hanganga o te "Komiti Runga o nga Kaimahi Koreutu". I whakapau kaha te kawanatanga a Faisal ki te pupuri i te pono o te ope taua na roto i nga painga nui, engari kaore i tino whai hua i te mea ka nui haere nga rangatira ki te aroha ki te nekehanga pro-republican anti-monarchist.