Thursday, 19 September 2013 The media adviser to Prime Minister, Ali al-Moussawi announced on Thursday that Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki is not satisfied with the decision of the Martyrs Foundation ...

On October 7, 1959, a group of Ba'ath Party members attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim (pictured above) - with Saddam Hussein chosen as one of the members of the murder squad.

A poster of General Abd al-Karim Qasim in Samawah. April 2017. Christopher Lamont.

Between the creation of the modern Iraqi state in 1921 and the overthrow of the monarchy by the army officer Abd Al-Karim Qasim in 1958, there were 23 governments, four of them headed by Shia ...

My name is Sasson Azoory and I left Baghdad, Iraq in 1959 to study in the United Kingdom. When I left, Iraqi General Abd al-Karim Qasim was in the midst of his three-year rein. During this small ...

Republic Day marks Abd al-Karim Qasim overthrowing the Hashemite monarchy in 1958 to become the new leader of the nation. Published: July 14, 2015 11:33 AM IST . By Indo-Asian News Service.