Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...King met with the Cabinet, also with British Ambassador Charles Duke. Reportedly under guard of 16 tanks, Glubb, his wife, son and adopted Arab daughter were packed off to the airport. Minutes later King Hussein went on the radio to deliver a brief eulogy of the Legion. As soon as he finished speaking, an announcer read a royal irada (decree) dismissing Glubb, two British aides and three senior Arab officers, and designating Major General Radi Innab as the Legion's new commander...
...destructively last December, danced in Amman's streets. When the young King drove through the capital after visiting his mother's palace, citizens stopped his Mercedes and crowded to shake his hand. Later, speaking from his balcony, Hussein pledged that his first goal will be to regain Arab rights in Palestine...
...King was already basking in Arab praise. Cairo hailed Jordan's act as a victory for Egypt's Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser, and boasted that Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia would shortly meet to make good on their pledge to pay the $25 million annual subsidy that Britain has until now furnished Jordan...
...ancient way-subsidy, British advisers, British control-had its disadvantages and was plainly out of date. But it would be hard to raise a cheer for the new way taking its place, urged on by Arab intrigue and bribe, exulting in disorder and governed by the street mobs and those who know how to guide them...
Immediately to the north of Jordan lies Syria, an ancient land but an independent Arab nation for only ten years.* It is regarded by the U.S. State Department as the Arab nation most dangerously infiltrated by Communists. Czechoslovaks have already let Syria have 50 German tanks at the giveaway price of $8,000 apiece. Last week Cairo's radio reported that a shipment of Czechoslovakian arms, presumably including the tanks, reached a Syrian port...