14 Jul 1958 Jahr - 1958 Iraqi coup d'etat

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In another coup d'etat, King Faisal II, grandson of King Faisal I, is overthrown, and Iraq transitions from a monarchy to a republic. Due to widespread dissatisfaction with Western influence, a military group known as the Iraqi Free Officers, under Colonel Abdul Salam Arif and Brigadier Abdul-Karim Qasim, marches on Baghdad and seizes control. With units of the Iraqi Royal Army dispatched in Jordan, there was little resistance.

With Abdul-Karim Qasim as the state's prime minister, the Republic of Iraq is established and pulls itself from the Baghdad Pact to align with the Soviet Union.

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