 Pamwe chete naAbdel Karim Qasim nevamwe vakuru vemauto eIraq, Arif aiva nhengo yesangano risingazivikanwi, Free Officers of Iraq. Kufanana naQasim, Arif akashanda zvine mukurumbira muhondo yeArab-Israeli ya1948 isina kubudirira, kwaakatora Jenin mune yava kunzi West Bank chikamu chePalestine. Munguva yezhizha ra1958, Mutungamiriri weHurumende Nuri as-Said akarayira mauto eIraq pasi paArif kuti abatsire Jordani, sechikamu chechibvumirano cheArab Federation. Panzvimbo pezvo, zvisinei, akatungamirira mauto ake kupinda muBaghdad uye pana July 14 akatanga kuputsamukurwisana noumambo hweHashemite. Qasim akaumba hurumende pasi pe republic ichangobva kuziviswa uye Arif, mubatsiri wake mukuru, akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wehurumende, gurukota rezvemukati, uye mutevedzeri wemutungamiri mukuru wemauto. 