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17th July 1968
John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. President Abdel-Rahman Aref of Iraq is overthrown in a coup that brings Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party to power.
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Thu 17 Jul 200816:56
BBC Radio 4
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