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The 14th Ramaan 1382 (8th February 1963) coup that finally put an end to the regime of Abdalkarim Qasim came from the Arab nationalist quarter; no other element in the political spectrum was prepared to undertake the task. The Communists and the left still tacitly supported Abdalkarim Qasim, and in any event they had too little support in the army officer corps. The Kurds had weakened the fighting...
In the circumstances of a military dictatorship, there was no alternative for a civilian group other than to persuade a faction of young officers opposed to ‛Abdalkarīm Qāsim’s rule to raise an open military rebellion, even at the risk of provoking civil war. The group that was ready to influence officers likely to take action was, of course, the Ba‛th Party. Its members had the reputation of not...
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