 Complete the following phrase:  In Iraq, the Iraqi Regional Branch had supported Abd al-Karim Qasims seizure of power and its ensuing abolishment of the Iraqi Monarchy. The Iraqi Baathists supported Qasim on the ground that they believed he would enter Iraq into the UAR, enlarging the Arab nationalist republic. However, this was proven to be a ruse, and after taking power Qasim launched an Iraq first policy. In retaliation, the Baath Party tried to assassinate Qasim in February 1959, but the operation which was led by a young Saddam Hussein failed. Qasim was overthrown in the 