Wednesday, April 11, 2012

UNDERSTANDING IRAQ’S SHI’IS: EVOLVING MISPERCEPTIONS WITHIN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM THE 1970s TO THE PRESENT

In 1958 the monarchy was overthrown and replaced with a Shi’i ruler Abd al-
Karim Qasim. Qasim promoted Iraqi nationalism and borrowed much from the
Egyptian nationalist party lines by advocating the preservation of national identities and
resisting affiliations with other states, unlike Pan-Arabism. Because of his politics
Qasim was a prime target for Ba’athists who labeled him both a separatist and shuubi
despot. He was assassinated in 1963 by Ba’athists, ostensibly for his refusal to join the
United Arab Republic.


source : http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA435594

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