The Nationalist Officers' Organization () was a Qasimist organization made up of Iraqi officers which is similar to the Free Officers' Organization in

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. The members of this organization arose in the 1958 July revolution, when it led this movement in the toppling of the

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and the establishment of a

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* {{ISBN, 0-691-05241-7 Modern history of Iraq