Abd al-Karim Qasim ('); also various other spellings; including Qassim, Kassem, Quasim; popularly known as "az-Za‘īm" (Arabic: الزعيم) "the leader") (1914 – February 9, 1963), was an Iraqi military officer involved in the 1958 military coup d'état. Named Prime Minister of Iraq, Qasim associated himself with the ordinary Iraqi people. Wikipedia
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Discovery of ex-leader's body unleashes flood of memories and emotions. Amir Alawi, 46, burst into tears of joy when he heard that the body of former president Abd al-Kareem Qassem had been found. Killed in 1963 during a coup organised by members of the B www.iwpr.net/?p=icr&s=f&o=167565&apc_state=heniicr2004
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