This country was briefly ruled in the 1960s by ‘Abd al-Salam ‘Arif and from 1968 to 1979 by the military regime of Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr. Rashid ‘Ali took over this country in a coup during World War II, and it is home to the Da'wa Party. The mutilated corpse of this country's frequent prime minister Nuri al-Sa‘id was dragged through the streets afte
This country was briefly ruled in the 1960s by ‘Abd al-Salam ‘Arif and from 1968 to 1979 by the military regime of Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr. Rashid ‘Ali took over this country in a coup during World War II, and it is home to the Da'wa Party. The mutilated corpse of this country's frequent prime minister Nuri al-Sa‘id was dragged through the streets after the 1958 revolution of ‘Abd al-Karim Qasim, which overthrew the monarchy of (*) Faysal II. During the Anfal Campaign in this nation, a 1987 gas attack was launched against Halabja. In 1991 the United States encouraged this nation's Shi'i citizens to revolt against the government after winning a brief war here. For 10 points, name this country that is home to Muqtada al-Sadr, Nuri al-Maliki, and, formerly, Saddam Hussein.
This country was briefly ruled in the 1960s by ‘Abd al-Salam ‘Arif and from 1968 to 1979 by the military regime of Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr.
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