Khalil Jassim had no political activity in Iraq his loyalty was to the military establishment and to the country during all his military career. He did not participate in any of the coups or so called revolutions that the Iraqi army participated in, although he had very strong ties and connections to Abdul Salam Arif and other officers who took part in the struggle for power in Iraq before or after 14 July Revolution, The Iraqi army and army officers during their struggle for power were involved in many other movements after the overthrown of the monarchy such as 1959 Mosul uprising, Ramadan Revolution, Arif Abd ar-Razzaq first coup , and 17 July Revolution, he did not participate in any of those.