Military Rulers of Iraq

(Original Caption) 7/17/1969-Baghdad, Iraq- Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Lieutenant General Hardan Tikriti, President Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr, and Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Hammad Chehab take the salute on the reviewing stand during a military parade. The parade, the first of its kind in the Arab world since the Six Day War of June 1967, was in celebration of the first anniversary of Baathist Party rule in this Mideast country.