Ar-Rashid revolt

Ar-Rashid revolt
Date	3 July 1963
Location	Ar-Rashid army camp, Baghdad, Republic of Iraq
Result	Coup attempt defeated
Belligerents
Iraqi Government Ba'ath Party; Ba'ath National Guard Militia;	Iraqi Communist Party; Iraqi Army
Commanders and leaders
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr; Prime Minister of Iraq; Hazim Jawad; Secretary of the Ba'ath Party Regional Command	Muhammad Habib; Leader of Baghdad Communist Cell; Hasan Sari; 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 uprising against the Baathist government in Iraq in July 1963. The revolt was plotted by followers of the Iraqi Communist Party in junction with military officers. The revolt failed to spread outside Baghdad and was crushed by the Baathist forces.

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