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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Ba%27ath_Party_purge
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Claim
Ahmed Hussein Al-Bakr
Correction
The former Iraqi president's name was Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, not Ahmed Hussein Al-Bakr.
Full reasoning
This is a name error. Contemporary U.S. State Department documentation about Saddam Hussein's takeover identifies the outgoing Iraqi president as Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. A contemporaneous obituary from UPI likewise names him Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr. Because multiple reliable sources agree on the former president's name, the article's wording here is incorrect.
2 sources
- Historical Documents - Office of the Historian
President Bakr's dramatic July 16 abdication was unexpected... Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr was known to be old...
- Former Iraqi president Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr, who died Monday... - UPI Archives
Former Iraqi president Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr, who died Monday after a prolonged illness, was buried in Baghdad Tuesday...