Baghdad, Iraq: taking the salute at the first military parade in the Arab World since the June war of 1967, are left to right: Lt Gen. Harden Takriti, Deputy Premier and Defence Minister; President Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr and Cheif Staff, Lt. Gen. Hammad Chehab. The parade marked the first anniversary of the Baathist Coup of July 17th, 1968, which deposed President Abdel Rahman Aref and put President Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr in power. 19 July 1969