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    Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fourth president of Iraq, from 17 July 1968 to 16 July 1979...
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    the 17 July Revolution and was appointed vice president of Iraq by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. During his time as vice president, Saddam nationalised the Iraq...
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    powerful Saddam. In 1979 Saddam seized power, ousting President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. At a videotaped assembly of Ba'ath party officials in July 1979...
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    Party has since been indefinitely banned across the country. Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Ba'ath Party came to power in Iraq through the bloodless 17...
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    Regional Command from 1974 to 1979, and the secretary of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. On 16 July 1979, President Saddam Hussein announced that his government...
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    Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali (Arabic: محمد يونس الأحمد), aka Khadr al-Sabahi, is a former senior member of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. Ahmed currently has...
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    According to Talib El-Shibib, the Ba'ath foreign minister in the Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr government, the sectarian background of the leading Ba'ath members...
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    Republic on 16 July 1979. Six days after the resignation of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and Hussein's accession to President of the Iraqi Republic, Regional...
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    al-Douri was involved in the wars against Iran and Kuwait. During the 1988–1989 Al-Anfal Campaign, al-Douri was said to have ordered Ali Hassan al-Majid...
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    front of the Iraqi-led faction of the Ba'ath Party, then led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. The ALF has always followed Iraqi government policy on all matters...
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