Abd al-Karim Qasim

Iraqi army brigadier, nationalist and prime minister of iraq from 1958 to 1963.

Born November 21st, 1914 in Baghdad.

Died February 9th, 1963 at 48 years old in Baghdad (ballistic trauma).

Occupations
military personnel, politician, schoolteacher
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche