The 1996 Iraqi coup d'état attempt was a coup d'état attempt against president Saddam Hussein and his regime, as part of a wave of attacks and assassination attempts on the president of Iraq.
The attempt occurred in June 1996, when a failed coup plot against the government was planned by the United States according to the Iraqi government.
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