They contacted Brigadier general Younis Atar Bashi who was the commander of the Iraqi fourth division in Mosul to support them in their attempt.

He hesitated at the beginning but agreed later to corporate with the conspirators in order to overthrow the government and take control of the fourth division in Mosul and the city Airport.

At the same time, the Brigadier Slaibi Aljumaili, a pro-Arif officer, took control of the Baghdad TV station that the conspirators tried to occupy.

All the conspirators were jailed for a short period of time then released, including Arif Abd ar-Razzaq, while Younis Atar Bashi and some other officers were put to retirement, and the fourth division commander was released from his command and replaced by Khaleel Jassim for a short period of time, then by Khaleel Jassim, and then by Abdul Jabbar Khalil Shanshal.

Later after many years Khalil Jassim grand son Ghaith Khalil was targeted by some officers and Air Force pilots who were still loyal to Arif Abd ar-Razzaq in a Bedouin-political revenge with multiple assassination attempts which took place in Baghdad, Iraq between 1993–2000, and Sharjah in United Arab Emirates Between 2004-2006 Including colonel pilot Fahad Abdul khaliq and Mumtaz Al-Sadoon who were grandson of former prime minister Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun and Arif Abd ar-Razzaq loyalist, officers and pilots from the Nasiri Arabian political movement who adopted the Arab nationalist ideology of the Egyptian former president Gamal Abdel Nasser.