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| Coup d'Etat Hussein, Saddam |  |
| Baghdad A nationalist coalition seizes power including the Ba'athists |
| Baghdad The Baathists come to power for the 1st time |
| Baghdad The Ba'athists favour a pan-Arab, secular socialist state |
| The Baathists come to power for the 1st time |
| The Ba'athists favour a pan-Arab, secular socialist state |
| Coup d'Etat Kassem, Abdul Karim | |
| Overthrown by a Coup led by dissident members of the Ba'ath Party |
| Death of Kassem, Abdul Karim Kassem, Abdul Karim | |
| Death of Abdul Karim Kassem, executed after a Coup d'etat |
| Execution of Kassem Kassem, Abdul Karim | |
| Executed after a Coup d'etat |
| Exile of Hussein Hussein, Saddam | |
| Returns to Iraq after Kassem was overthrown & killed |
| President Aref, Abd al-Rahman | |
| Appointed President of Iraq |
| President Arif, Abdul Salam | |
| Baghdad Appointed President of Iraq |
