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...Duke might just as well write another piece called the Damascus Reel, for Syria, too, underwent a shakeup, quieter but no less significant. Behind the sudden shuffle of Middle Eastern leaders was a power struggle inside a strange new political force, the Baath (Renaissance) Party, which in little less than a year has turned from a shadowy, clandestine movement without popular support into a dynamic power challenging Gamal Abdel Nasser for leadership of the Arab world...
...avowed aim of Baath is to unite Iraq and Syria, which it already controls, and to add all other Arab countries to this union, through persuasion or subversion. Last week's tussles were caused partly by the clash of ambitions within the party, partly by differences over how quickly and radically the Baath aims should be pursued...
...Shadows. In Syria, Premier Salah Bitar, 52, a co-founder of the Baath Party, resigned after being accused in party councils of "self-isolation from the masses." Translation: he must make way for an ambitious, younger rival. The rival: Amin Hafez, 42, Syrian commander in chief and a top party leader, who took over as Premier. As a prelude to his swearing-in, jets whooshed overhead in salute-and to discourage any possible trouble...
...inheritance-the son, grandson and great-grandson of traitors." Overlooked for the moment is the bloody Nasserite rioting in Amman last April, which Hussein put down with guns and armored cars. Instead, the bitter feud has suddenly dissolved in a sweet embrace. The common foe is now the revolutionary Baath regimes in Syria and Iraq, which have smashed Nasser's hopes for hegemony in the Middle East, and are stirring up a revolution in Jordan...
...thirdfloor suite at the Hotel Crillon, sipping tea and enjoying a friendly cigarette. Passing casually over their past struggles, Hussein asked: "Is there any way to close ranks against our enemies?" Then he answered the question himself by suggesting an alliance between Egypt and Jordan to oppose the Baath. Heikal agreed, suggested for a starter that Hussein bring a few Nasserites into his Cabinet. Maybe, said the King...