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British Takes Over Iraq
The Ottoman Empire is broken up under the Treaty of Sèvres. Iraq is entrusted to the British as a League of Nations Mandate -
Britain places King Faisal I as the ruler of Iraq
-Britain also places Sunni Arabs into the positions of power within the government -
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Reign of King Faisal I
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Britain grants independence to Iraq
Britain still mantains their military bases in Iraq. -
King Faisal I dies
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Reign of King Ghazi
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Reign of King Faisal II
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Revolution is defeated
King Faisal II is restored ot power and Britain maintained Military bases in Iraq until 1954 -
Military Coup D'Etat
King is deposed and the British invades to protect the oil supplies to the western powers.
Fears they might supply oil to the Axis powers. -
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General Quasim's Rule
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July 14th Revolution
King Faisal II is overthrown by a military coup d'etat led by Abdul Salam Arif. King Faisal II and royal family are killed and Iraq is declared a Republic- General Quasim is made President -
Causes of the Revolution
Political: Rise of Anti Imperialist movements in the Middle East with Egypt's Gamal Nasser being a major opponent to Imperialist rule Economic: Iraq was in a depression. Inflation was out of control and quality of life was dropping fast. -
President Quasim's Assassination Attempt
One of the plotters to assassinate President Qasim was Saddam Hussein.
President Qasim was ambushed whilst in his car and the gunmen shot the front and back of his car and then fled.
However President Qasim survived
Some of plotters were caught and sentenced to death.
Saddam Hussein fled to Syria and then Egypt where he lived until 1963 -
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Saddam Hussein Flees to Syria and Egypt
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The Ramadan Revolution
In 1963 the Ba’ath Party organised another revolution
President Qasim was killed and the Ba’ath Party took control of government with Abdul Salam Arif as President.
UK and USA were complicit in this revolution
Saddam Hussein returns to Iraq
President Arif has Ba’ath Party members arrested including Saddam. -
Saddam Hussein made head of the Revolutionary Command Council
Escapes prison and made of the RCC (military wing of the Ba'ath party) -
Saddam Help in a Bloodless Coup D'Etat
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Rule of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Saddam Hussein is named as his deputy but however he became largely responsible for the running if Iraq. -
Saddam Hussein becomes Head of the Armed Forces
Saddam Hussein beceoms more and more the face of the party. -
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Steps Down from Presidency
Saddam Hussein becomes the president of Iraq as well as the head of the armed forces.