| Karsh, Efraim, The Iran-Iraq War: 1980—1988, London: Osprey, 2002, p | from the original on 2 September 2006 |
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| Relations with the Pan-Arab Nasserist factions such as the caused tensions with the United Arab Republic UAR , and as a result the UAR began to aid rebellions in Iraqi Kurdistan against the government | In December 1959 he promulgated a significant revision of the personal status code, particularly that regulating family relations |
Iraq's foreign policy began to reflect this communist influence, as Qasim removed Iraq from the on 24 March, and later fostered closer ties with the , including extensive economic agreements.
26| At the time, the Ba'ath Party was more of an ideological experiment than a strong anti-government fighting machine | Reporting article on discovery of Qasim's body• , Council for Middle Eastern Affairs Press, 1960• Women were also protected from arbitrary divorce |
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| A communist-sponsored purge of the armed forces was carried out in the wake of the Mosul revolt | His overthrow took place the following year |
However, communist successes encouraged attempts to expand on their position.
1| ordered the Royal Guard to offer no resistance, and surrendered to the | [ ] He was also involved in the 1958 Agrarian Reform, modeled after the Egyptian experiment of 1952 |
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| Power struggles [ ] Despite a shared military background, the group of Free Officers that carried out the 14 July Revolution was plagued by internal dissension | A cabinet was created, composed of a broad spectrum of Iraqi political movements: this included two National Democratic Party representatives, one member of al-Istiqlal, one representative and one |
[ ] Relations with Iran [ ] Relations with Iran and the West deteriorated significantly under Qasim's leadership.
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