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10 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, February 18, 1963 Story Of Revolution 'In Baghdad Takeover Editors's note: Revolu- tions anywhere are unex- and confused. That in Iraq last week was no exception. In the following story, an Associated Press correspondent from Cyprus gives a blow-by-blow, quo- tation - packed account of how it was in Baghdad dur- ing the 30-hour battle which sent Abdel Karim Kassem down to defeat and death. . By ALEX EFTYVOULOS "BAGHDAD, a "Please, you are my let me out of Baghdad, me ge to Vienna," pleaded el Karim Kassem to revolu- tion leader Col. Abdel Salam Aref. It was the final bid for life by the former Iraqi leader be- fere he was executed after be- ifig swept out of power in the Feb, 8-9 revolution. "The last hours of Kassem's We--and of his regime--were disclosed Sunday by an army major who asked that his name be withheld because of the new regime's ban on personal pub- licity, He also gave a blow-by- blow account of the 30-hour bat-, tle for power in which 15 rev- olutionaries and 75 of Kassem's defenders were slain. This is his story: Rebel forces with heavy tanks and armed personnel carriers opened their attack on Kassem's headquarters in the defence ministry compound at 9 a.m., Friday, Feb. 8. The compound is a rectangle of buildings be- side the Tigris River with a mosque attached to it. CRASH INTO BUILDING A pitchéd battle against 600 defenders continued through the day and night until revolution- ary forces crashed through into the building where Kassem dived at 11 a.m, Saturday. They first caught two generals--Sadu Medhafi, deputy governor gen- eral) and Mudir Harakat, com- imander of operations. 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"I could not tell if he was afraid, but he looked mad, as rother,| always." 'DON'T KILL ME' head of Kassam's people's shouting: 'Please don't kill me, I haven't done anything. I am your brother.' "A private soldier stepped up across the face, several times," the major 'said, The major took Kassem and| Mahdawi to the radio station to' Col. Fald Abass Mahdawi, | court, came out with Kassem | go out of Baghdad, let me go to)|Kassem said. bee ff did you shoot 160 of our d Mahda il brother officers who made 'the ae ertbey ith gs © revolution with us?" "It was no: & that shot them|feet, and shot," --it was the court martial," jor. said the ma-|carpeted office and living quar- ters furnished with Reporters were shown Kas- The court martial found Kas-|sem's private quarters Sunday | by revolutionary officers who "They were taken into alpictured him as a luxury loving 5 small room six feet by. six|fop. They displayed the thickly luxuriousjone pleces imported from Scandin- avia and Italy. 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