Arab Struggle Party

The Arab Struggle Party (Arabic: حزب الكفاح العربي‎) was an underground Nasserist opposition group in Iraq. In mid-1960 the group distributed leaflets in various Iraqi cities, calling for an uprising against Abd al-Karim Qasim's rule. This caused further tensions between Abd al-Karim Qasim and the United Arab Republic (UAR), and as a result the UAR began to aid rebellions in Iraqi Kurdistan against the government.[1]

Thirty followers of Arab Struggle Party were arrested for distributing propaganda against the Iraqi regime. Thirteen were released and the remainder were put on trial.[2]

References
  1. "Factualworld.com". www.factualworld.com.
  2. Middle East Record 1960. London: published for the Israel Oriental Society, the Reuven Shiloah Research Center. p. 250
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