▁he ▁appointed ▁Vice ▁President ▁for ▁Party ▁Affairs ▁Zu h ay r ▁M ash ari qa ▁or ▁Abd ▁al - H al im ▁Kh add am ▁to ▁represent ▁him ▁at ▁National ▁Command ▁meet ings . ▁In ▁theory , ▁the ▁National ▁Command ▁could ▁conduct ▁pros ely t ism ▁and ▁form ▁new ▁Regional ▁Comm ands ▁across ▁the ▁Arab ▁world ▁and ▁support ▁we aker ▁Regional ▁Comm ands , ▁but ▁Sy rian ▁polic ym akers ▁have ▁cur ta iled ▁that ▁capacity . ▁ ▁Branch es ▁by ▁region ▁ ▁Ira q ▁ ▁The ▁party ▁was ▁sometimes ▁known ▁in ▁Ira q ▁as ▁left - wing ▁Ba ' ath ▁or ▁Q ut r ▁Al - I ra q . ▁Prom inent ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁party ▁in ▁Ira q ▁include ▁Mah m ud ▁al - Sh ay kh ▁Rad hi , ▁F aw zi ▁Mut la q ▁al - Raw i ▁and ▁Dr . ▁Mah m ud ▁Sh ams a . ▁The ▁party ▁opposed ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁S add am ▁Hus sein ▁and ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁groups ▁to ▁be ▁target ed ▁by ▁him . ▁The ▁party ▁lost ▁hundreds ▁of ▁its ▁cad res ▁amid ▁repr ession ▁by ▁his ▁government . ▁Rad hi ▁was ▁based ▁in ▁Sy ria ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁ ▁The ▁party ▁label led ▁the ▁S add am ▁government ▁as ▁" f asc ist ". ▁When ▁the ▁Iran – I ra q ▁War ▁broke ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁the ▁party ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁Patri