Great news from the global scouting world: Scouting in Iraq is bouncing back strongly with 25,000 male and female members. Iraq originally joined World Scouting in 1914 – that’s only 4 years after BSA was founded in the USA!
[su_quote cite=”The New Arab” url=”https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/4/3/iraq-scouts-make-comeback-in-former-is-bastion-mosul”]But in 1999, the world scout body evicted the Iraqi chapter because it was allegedly being used by former dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime for military training. But the Iraqi scouts kept operating. In 2017, they were readmitted into the international scouting world and have since grown to 25,000 members across the country.[/su_quote]
Play the short video below to learn a bit more
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