| This caused a divide in the Iraqi government between the Iraqi Nationalist Qasim, who wanted Iraq's identity to be secular and civic nationalist, revolving around Mesopotamian identity and the Arab Nationalists who sought after an Arab identity for Iraq and closer ties to the rest of the Arab world | The result of Qasim's foreign policy blunders was to further weaken his position |
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| Karsh, Efraim, The Iran-Iraq War: 1980—1988, London: Osprey, 2002, p | He was promptly arrested, and charged on 5 November with the attempted assassination of Qasim and attempts to overthrow the regime |
was a leading member of the operation.
| Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship | Disagreements between Qasim, the ICP, and the Kurds thus created a power vacuum that was exploited by a "tiny" group of Iraqi Ba'athists in 1963 |
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| After a period of relative calm, the issue of Kurdish autonomy self-rule or independence went unfulfilled, sparking discontent and eventual rebellion among the Kurds in 1961 | Barzani had delivered an ultimatum to Qasim in August 1961 demanding an end to authoritarian rule, recognition of Kurdish autonomy, and restoration of democratic liberties |
British and US officials and multinationals demanded that the Kennedy administration place pressure on the Qasim regime.
19| A cabinet was created, composed of a broad spectrum of Iraqi political movements: this included two National Democratic Party representatives, one member of al-Istiqlal, one representative and one | Christopher Solomon, , Gulf International Forum, August 9, 2018 Political offices Preceded by 1958—1963 Succeeded by |
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| Western attitudes toward Qasim had also cooled, due to these incidents and his implied communist sympathies | In December 1959 he promulgated a significant revision of the personal status code, particularly that regulating family relations |
Qasim then attended al-Arkan Iraqi Staff College and graduated with honors grade A in December 1941.