| The coup was discussed and planned by the , but was executed mainly by Qasim and Col | represented the Arab population; the ; and the Arab population |
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| Christopher Solomon, , Gulf International Forum, August 9, 2018 Political offices Preceded by 1958—1963 Succeeded by | After seizing power, Qasim assumed the post of prime minister and defence minister, while Colonel Arif was selected as deputy prime minister and interior minister |
Furthermore, notwithstanding his outwardly friendly posture towards the Kurds, Qasim was unable to grant Kurdistan autonomous status within Iraq, leading to the 1961 outbreak of the and secret contacts between the KDP and Qasim's Ba'athist opponents in 1962 and 1963.
7| In an attempt to mitigate against a potential coup, Qasim had encouraged a communist backed Peace Partisans rally to be held in Mosul on 6 March 1959 | They became the highest authority in Iraq with both executive and legislative powers |
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| The Washington Post November 20, 2017 : "" By Zahra Ali | " Furthermore, not even Qasim's harshest critics could paint him as corrupt |
However, these changes were not truly implemented before Qasim's removal.
5| When Qasim was six, his family moved to Suwayra, a small town near the Tigris, then to Baghdad in 1926 | The KDP promised not to aid Qasim in the event of a Ba'athist coup, ignoring longstanding Kurdish antipathy towards pan-Arab ideology |
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| The laws encountered much opposition and did not survive Qasim's government | A power struggle developed between Qasim and Arif over joining the |
Kuwait, however, had signed a recent defence treaty with the British, who came to her assistance with troops to stave off any attack on 1 July.
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