Coughlin, Con (2002). Saddam: The Secret Life. London, U.K.: MacMillan. pp.96–97. ISBN0-333-78200-3. Before surrendering, Kazzar ordered his soldiers to shoot Shihab and Ghaydan: Shihab was killed, but Ghaydan, although severely wounded, survived because Shihab's body fell in front of him and took the brunt of the machine-gun fire.
"Country Assessment: Iraq". Department of Justice. October 2002. Retrieved November 10, 2025. Following an abortive coup in July 1973, led by the security chief Nazim Kazzar, in which the minister of Defence, Gen. Hammad Shehab was killed, consequences of the attempted coup included an amendment to the Constitution giving more power to the President and the formation of a National Front between the Baath party and the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP).
