So the regent and his family were killed by that coup [in 1958] by them [by the Revolutionists], because there was a coup in the government at that time. So, from a kingdom, that was done away, literally done away, killed all of them, and they established the republic and, from then on, it became Iraq as a republic. They had a president and all the rest of it.
INT: And when was that?
ED: That was when I was away, in the early 50’s, after Israel. I didn’t see any of that.
