Chris Toensing

Chris Toensing is Editor of Middle East Report, publication of the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)

Timeline of Iraq

1958 Iraqi monarchy overthrown in military coup led by Abd al-Karim Qasim. 1959 Saddam Hussein, 22, flees Iraq after involvement in attempted assassination of Qasim. 1961 Qasim claims newly-independent Kuwait

By Chris Toensing and Sarah Graham-Brown

/ 22 Jan 2003