Iraq, 1963 — military coup attempt
Event Summary
Between 13 and 18 November 1963 pro-Nasserist officers of the Iraqi army led by President Abd al-Salam Arif ousted the Baath Party from the government it had seized in the February 1963 coup, ending nine months of Baathist rule marked by the ill disciplined violence of its National Guard militia. The first Baath government had been riven by factionalism between pro-and anti-Nasser wings and between its civilian leadership and the hardline secretary general Ali Salih al-Sadi, who controlled the National Guard. When al-Sadi was forced into exile and a party meeting failed to resolve the crisis, President Arif, who held a largely ceremonial post, lost patience, and with army support he suppressed the National Guard militia, bombing its headquarters, and forced the twelve Baath members of government to resign.
Although the coup itself was largely bloodless, some 250 people were killed in related actions. Arif emerged as the effective ruler of a new pro-Nasserist government.
Researched Details
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
64511131963
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: The Baath Party was ousted from government; President Abd al-Salam Arif consolidated power over a new pro-Nasserist government.
Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
New York Times
Christian Science Monitor
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →