Original sentence: Aburish states that reasons for this could have included Nasser's refusal to cooperate with the Iraqi Free Officers a year before the coup or Qasim's view that Nasser threatened his supremacy as leader of Iraq.Although Nasser claimed no intention to covet Lebanon, seeing it as a "special case," he backed his supporters in the country through sending money, light arms, and training officers in order to prevent Chamoun from gaining a second term as president.Although most members of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) were Nasserists and favored joining Iraq with the UAR, Qasim held animosity towards him.Nasser, who was in Belgrade, Yugoslavia while the coup was undertaken, extended recognition of the new government and stated that "any attack on Iraq was tantamount to an attack on the UAR
Edited sentence: Aburish states that reasons for this could have included Nasser's refusal to cooperate with and encourage the Iraqi Free Officers a year before the coup or Qasim's view that Nasser threatened his supremacy as leader of Iraq.Although Nasser claimed no intention to covet Lebanon, seeing it as a "special case," he felt obligated to back his supporters in the country through sending money, light arms, and training officers to prevent Chamoun from gaining a second term as president.Although most members of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) were Nasserists and favored joining Iraq with the UAR, Qasim had animosity towards him.Nasser, who was in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, while the coup was undertaken, extended recognition of the new government and stated that "any attack on Iraq was tantamount to an attack on the UAR