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Assassination
History of Iraq
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| | 1937 | Bakr, Sidqi | |
| 11th Aug Mosul General Bakr Sidqi, who came to power in Iraq in 1936 through a violent coup, is assassinated in Mosul
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| 1958 | Abdul-Illah | |
| Death of Abdul-Illah, assassinated
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| 1958 | Faisal II | |
| Death of Faisal II, assassinated
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| 1978 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| London Nayif is shot dead on Saddam's orders in London
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| 1979 | Hamdani, Adnan | |
| 22nd July Death of Adnan Hamdani, executed by Hussein
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| 1979 | Mahmoud, Walid | |
| 22nd July Death of Walid Mahmoud, tortured & executed by Hussein
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| 1982 | Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| July Death of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, assassinated after planning a return to politics
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