Who overthrew the Iraqi Monarchy?
Abd al-Karim Qasim
Saddam Hussein
King Faisal
Ayatollah Khomeini
Answer
Abd al-Karim Qasim was a military officer who led the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état, which overthrew the Iraqi monarchy and ended the Hashemite dynasty's rule of Iraq. The coup was carried out by the Free Officers Movement, a group of Iraqi military officers who were opposed to the monarchy.
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