Abdullah Hamdani, Qasim's friend from the army, as quoted by Raheem Salman and Ned Parker, IRAQ: Iraqis pay tribute to a strongman, Los Angeles Times: World, (July 14, 2009).
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He was having his breakfast in an open restaurant together with the poor people, daily laborers and soldiers... He was visiting the bakeries and asking the owners to make the loaves of bread bigger.
— Abdullah Hamdani
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About Abd al-Karim Qasim
Abd al-Karim Qasim (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was the Prime Minister of Iraq from 1958 to 1963.
About Abd al-Karim Qasim
Abd al-Karim Qasim (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was the Prime Minister of Iraq from 1958 to 1963.
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