Al-Qaidah (Arabic: القاعدة, The Base) was an Arabic-language newspaper published in Iraq.
The newspaper sought to compete with ash-Shararah ('The Spark') for the position as the party organ.
[5] Al-Qaidah was banned by the government, and being caught with an issue of the newspaper could result in a prison sentence.
In spite of being an illegal underground publication, its issues had an average circulation of around 5,400.
[8] In 1955 a workers newspaper, Ittihad ul-Amal was founded, after which al-Qaidah began focusing more on agrarian issues.