Internationally , the group proclaimed its loyalty to the Soviet Union . The group sought recognition from the World Communist Movement as the legitimate representative of the Iraqi communist movement , thus challenging the international position of the Iraqi Communist Party . Rayat ash-Shaghilah sent its own delegation to the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students held in Warsaw , Poland , in 1955 . The Communist Party of the Soviet Union did however not recognize the group and continued to identify it as a splinter-group
5th World Festival of Youth and Students
5th World Festival of Youth and Students
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