"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."
— Abd al-Karim Qasim

January 1, 1970

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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).