There were also rumours within the top echelons of power that al-Bakr (with the assistance of Iraqi Ba'athists who opposed Hussein) was planning to designate Hafez al-Assad as his successor.
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In contrast to previous coups d'état in Iraq's history, the 1968 coup, referred to as the 17 July Revolution, was, according to Con Coughlin, "a relatively civil affair".
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In 1977, following a wave of protests by Shi'ites against the government, al-Bakr relinquished his control over the Ministry of Defence; Adnan Khairallah Tulfah, Hussein's brother-in-law, was appointed defence minister.
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