Arif undertook these measures in an effort to bring Iraq closer with Egypt to help foster unity and on 20 December plans for union were announced | Qasim refused and was consequently executed |
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Nonetheless, Arif demanded that Qasim swear to the that it was he, Arif, who had been the real leader of the 1958 coup | Almost immediately however, tensions rose between the Arif and Iraqi nationalist Qasim who also had the support of the |
became acting president for three days, and a power struggle for the presidency occurred.
On 18 November Arif, with the support of disaffected elements in the military, took advantage of a split between the Ba'ath—which weakened the party—and ousted their members from the government | 18 December 2004 Bibliography [ ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to |
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" It was nearly identical in structure the ASU of Egypt and like in Egypt, many of the Arab nationalist parties were dissolved and absorbed by the ASU | Bernard Reich 1990 , Political Leaders of the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa: A Biographical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group, Political offices Preceded by February 8, 1963 — April 13, 1966 Succeeded by |
The former supported a union with the UAR —composed of and —under president , but the latter opposed merging with the UAR.
Qasim formed a government under the newly proclaimed republic and Arif, his chief aide, was appointed deputy prime minister, interior minister, and deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces | President of Iraq [ ] Arab leaders at the in |
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Ismael; Kamal Abu Jaber 1991 , , Simon and Schuster,• President Arif played a major role in Iraq construction and developing its infrastructure |