The Arab Baath Socialist Party. In Iraq it favored land reform,public ownership of natural resources,transport, large scale industry and financial institutions and freedom of speech and asociation.. Until 1966 there was a National Command based in Damascus. In July 1968 there was a Baathist coup in Bagdad.

In Iraq the Baath Socialist Party was started in 1950 and had 208 members in 1954.

The Iraqi Bath Socialist Party cooperated with other groups in 1958 to overthrow the monarchy. Abdul Karim Qasim became the new ruler in Iraq who was overthrown in 1963

Saddam Hussein deepended party contacts in 196then in 1973 sponsoring the National Progressive and Patriotic Front. This happened in July 1973.



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