 Immediately after the massacre and the repression of the alleged Assyrian uprising , the Iraqi government demanded a conscription bill . Non @-@ Assyrian Iraqi tribesmen offered to serve in the Iraqi army in order to counter the Assyrians . In late August , the government of Mosul demanded that the central government ' ruthlessly ' stamp out the rebellion , eliminate all foreign influence in Iraqi affairs , and take immediate steps to enact a law for compulsory military service . The next week , 49 Kurdish tribal chieftains joined in a pro @-@ conscription telegram to the government , expressing thanks for punishing the ' Assyrian insurgents ' , stating that a " nation can be proud of itself only through its power , and since evidence of this power is the army , " they requested compulsory military service . Rashid Ali al @-@ Gaylani presented the bill to the parliament , his government fell , however , before it was legislated and Jamil al @-@ <unk> 's government enacted conscription in February 1934 . 
