Word: baathist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...olive-green emblems of the P.L.A. Actually, the emblems had been hastily painted, and most of the equipment and troops belonged to the Syrian army's reserve in Damascus. They were rolling into Jordan not only to help the fedayeen but also to embarrass the rival Iraqi Baathist government. Baghdad, which keeps a 12,000-man division in Jordan for the war with Israel, refused to order its troops to move against Hussein...
...sensitive is the Middle East's political seismograph that even as Arab leaders tried to contain the fighting in Jordan, the ripples created by the civil war continued to widen. The radical Baathist governments of Iraq and Syria gave unqualified vocal support to the guerrillas, defying Egypt's suggestion that they stay out of the dispute. "We will not spare one drop of blood to help," said Syrian President Noureddine Atassi. The U.S. and Israel hinted that they might intervene if the regimes in Baghdad and Damascus sent regular troops to reinforce the guerrillas. But at week's end Amman...
...Baathist leaders in Baghdad and Damascus for continuing their feud in spite of the Israeli threat, and has criticized the fedayeen commando groups for lack of unity-while plying them with several million dollars in donations and training facilities in Libya...
...four foes were not enough, Israel may soon have to worry about a reinvigorated fifth. Iraq has no contiguous border with Israel, but its fanatically anti-Israel Baathist government maintains an 18,000-man expeditionary force in Jordan and Syria. The Baathists might have sent more troops but for the fact that the Iraqi army has been preoccupied for nearly nine years with rebellious Kurd tribesmen. The Kurds, who occupy most of the northern quarter of Iraq with an army of 10,000 men, have been demanding autonomy. Last week, convinced that the endless war was futile, Lieut. General Ahmed...
Last week the Iraqis outdid themselves. Sixteen people were executed by firing squad or gallows for plotting against the Baathist junta of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, which seized power in 1968. "All conspirators will be crushed to pulp," cried Al-Bakr. Baghdad radio punctuated its attacks on "reactionaries and deviationists" with a new musical number titled No Mercy Any More. In subsequent days, 21 more alleged plotters were executed, in addition to seven Iraqis accused of helping the CIA plot a coup last year. So far, 98 people have been done away with since the beginning...