Colonel General Adnan Khayr Allah was an Iraqi military officer and Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law and cousin. He held several titles and was a member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council. He a
Adnan c. 1989
Adnan being awarded by Saddam Hussein
Adnan Khairallah's statue in Baghdad, 2003.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the fourth president of Iraq from 1968 to 1979. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Official portrait, c. 1974
Tripartite unity talks between Iraqi Prime Minister al-Bakr (left), Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (center) and Syrian President Lu'ay al-Atassi (right), 16 April 1963
al-Bakr (left) shaking hands with Michel Aflaq, the founder of ba'athist thought, in 1968