Word: assaults
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...When the British attacked Egypt, the colonel redoubled his efforts. Despite the fact that the Libyan government declared its wholehearted support of Egypt, and required British forces to remain at their bases, Colonel Sadek proclaimed that it was the "servant of imperialism." In the first few days after the assault, his "Front" managed to blow up one section of the pipeline carrying oil from Tripoli's port to Wheelus Field, had bombs thrown at Barclays Bank and a small Jewish store. The Prime Minister himself protested to the Egyptian embassy. The colonel responded by smuggling 28 cases of automatic...
...Hyde Park Gate home in London, Sir Winston Churchill, physically feeble and mentally overwhelming, turned 82, presided over a small family party that included an assault on a spectacular cake topped off with 82 candles shaped in Sir Winston's "V" for victory trademark. When photographers outside clamored for him, Churchill came to a window with wife Clementine and gap-toothed grandchild Arabella. 7, daughter of Randolph. After posing indoors for other lensmen, Churchill heard a game try at felicitation from one. "Sir Winston," called the photographer, "I hope to take your picture on your hundredth birthday...
...Suez group's hard core of 30-odd members felt a desperate need to prove that the Egyptian invasion was or could somehow still be made a success. They were supported by some who deplored the initial assault, yet now felt that an ignominiously fast withdrawal might make things worse. Others were rankled by the painful dependence on the U.S. They grumbled of "American blackmail." Editorialized the Daily Telegraph: "Some American comment on the oil situation sounded very much like a threat of economic sanctions...
Under this assault, British defiance soon began to crumble. In open General Assembly debate, Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd continued to hew to the established British line: Britain would withdraw her forces "as soon as the U.N. force is in a position to assume effectively the tasks assigned to it." Privately, however, Lloyd began explaining to his U.N. colleagues that Britain was in fact determined to get out of Egypt as soon as possible and that continuing U.N. pressure for "immediate" withdrawal would only serve to stir up British national pride to such an extent that the Eden government might...
Gamal Abdel Nasser felt the strain too. From the night of the first Anglo-French air assault on his country, Egypt's strongman had remained constantly at his old revolutionary headquarters on Cairo's Gezira Island. Last week, plagued by a persistent sore throat, he moved back to his Cairo home. He had been averaging only three or four hours' sleep nightly, and had not helped matters by refusing to obey doctors' orders to stop smoking. All week he stayed indoors, and for the first time since the invasion, failed to keep up his almost daily...