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Ramadan Revolution

The Ramadan Revolution, also referred to as the 8 February Revolution and the February 1963 coup d'état (Arabic: حركة 8 شباط) in Iraq, was a military coup by the Iraqi branch of the Ba'ath Party in February 1963 that overthrew the prime minister of Iraq, Abdul-Karim Qasim in favour of a Ba'athist government.

Ramadan Revolution
Ramadan Revolution · Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
8 Feb 1963 – 10 Feb 1963
Where
First Republic of Iraq
Era
Contemporary

Before and after

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