Abd al Karim Qasim seized power in July 1958 during a coup and officially announced the creation of a new Republic of Iraq. Political stability, however, will only come ten years later when the Arab Socialist Ba’th Party; led by Ahmed Hassan al Bakr and Colonel Abdul Salam Arif; impound Abd al Karim Qasim from its ruling. Under the Pan-Arab political ideology of Ba’athism; which promotes the unification of Arab Nations in order to restore the character of Arab societies; the regime built one of the largest armed forces in the Middle East. In 1979, Saddam Hussein, who was then the party assistant general secretary, instigated a coup and become the President of Iraq as well as the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC). Saddam Hussein autocracy dives the country into an 8 year with Iran, which resulted in the devastation of his territory and in the loss of Iraqi. Following the disaster of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), Saddam Hussein engages in the Persian Gulf War (1990-91). While he ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the international order
Abd al Karim Qasim seized power in July 1958 during a coup and officially announced the creation of a new Republic of Iraq. Political stability, however, will only come ten years later when the Arab Socialist Ba’th Party; led by Ahmed Hassan al Bakr and Colonel Abdul Salam Arif; impound Abd al Karim Qasim from its ruling. Under the Pan-Arab political ideology of Ba’athism; which promotes the unification of Arab Nations in order to restore the character of Arab societies; the regime built one of the largest armed forces in the Middle East. In 1979, Saddam Hussein, who was then the party assistant general secretary, instigated a coup and become the President of Iraq as well as the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC). Saddam Hussein autocracy dives the country into an 8 year with Iran, which resulted in the devastation of his territory and in the loss of Iraqi. Following the disaster of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), Saddam Hussein engages in the Persian Gulf War (1990-91). While he ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the international order