Ar-Rashid revolt
| Ar-Rashid revolt | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Iraqi Communist Party Iraqi Army | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Secretary of the Ba'ath Party Regional Command |
Muhammad Habib Leader of Army Communist Cell | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 34,000 (Ba'ath National Guard Militia) | 300–2,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1+ | |||||||
The ar-Rashid revolt was a failed coup d'etat and uprising against the Baathist government in Iraq in July 1963. The revolt was plotted by partisans of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) in junction with putschist military officers. The revolt failed to spread outside Baghdad and was crushed by the Baathist government forces.