17 July Revolution

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July 1968 Iraqi coup d'état
Date 17 July 1968 Location Republic of Iraq Result Overthrow of Abdul Rahman Arif Establishment of Baathist government
Belligerents
Iraqi Government	Iraqi-cell of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Iraqi Army Iraqi Navy Iraqi Air Force
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Rahman Arif	Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Saddam Hussein

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Organisations Arab Ba'ath (1940–1947) Arab Ba'ath Movement (1940–1947) Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (1947–1966) Iraqi-led Ba'ath Party (1966–present) Syrian-led Ba'ath Party (1966–present)
People   Zaki al-Arsuzi   Michel Aflaq   Salah al-Din al-Bitar   Fuad al-Rikabi   Salah Jadid   Hafez al-Assad Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr   Saddam Hussein   Bashar al-Assad   Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
Literature Ba'ath Constitution On the Way of Resurrection The Battle for One Destiny The Genius of Arabic in its Tongue
History Syrian Committee to Help Iraq Ramadan (8 February) Revolution 8 March Revolution November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état 1966 Syrian coup d'état 17 July Revolution Corrective Revolution Iran–Iraq War Ba'athist Iraq Ba'athist Syria Gulf War Iraq War Syrian uprising
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The 17 July Revolution was a bloodless coup that took place in Iraq led by General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr in 17 July 1968, which brought the Iraqi-led Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power. Both Saddam Hussein, later President of Iraq, and Salah Omar Al-Ali, later a Ba'athist dissident, were major participants in the coup. The 17 July Revolution is not to be confused with the 14 July Revolution, which was a coup that took place on 14 July 1958, overthrowing King Faisal II, ending the Hashemite dynasty in Iraq, and establishing the Republic of Iraq.^{[citation needed]} The Ba'ath Party ruled until an invasion in 2003 led by American and British forces, during which the Ba'ath Party was removed from power and Iraq came under a military occupation by a multinational coalition.^[1]

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