Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
al-Sim'ani's former colleague and later his bitter rival, Raphael Butti, published "al-Bilad" (The Country) in 1929. This paper became the voice of General Yasin Pasha al-Hashimi's party, "al-Ikha al-Watani" (National Brotherhood), and was strongly anti-British. After "al-Bilad", Butti issued a second paper called "al-Ikha aI-Watani", leaving no doubts as to his political affiliation. Both of his papers were staunch supporters of the nationalist views of al-Hashimi, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani and Muhammad Zaki.