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Into the seat of power moved the Imam's son, Seif el Islam el Badr, 35, a darkly handsome prince who has led Yemen a few steps out of isolation on a leftist course. Already Defense and Foreign Minister, Badr last week at his father's order became acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister as well. He also since 1955 has worn the title Crown Prince, a reward for saving his father from a revolt by his uncle Abdullah during one of the many and murderous family power struggles that are sprinkled through Yemen's history. Like...
...title of Crown Prince does not as sure Badr of succession. A new Imam is picked by the ulema (learned men) who live in the fortress city of Sana in the north of Yemen. They can choose any male of the royal family or any Yemenite directly descended from the Prophet, of whom there may be as many as 50,000 in Yemen. The ulema do not much like Badr, have refused requests by the Imam to ratify Badr's title. Left-leaning Prince Badr has cultivated the U.A.R.'s Gamal Abdel Nasser, and at his urging...
...Badr's rival is one of the Imam's few surviving brothers, Seif el Islam el Hassan, 56, a mild and moral man who is considered pro-Western. Since the 1955 revolt, he has been on the sidelines of Yemeni politics, serving in New York on his country's U.N. delegation...
...have been the Imam's ene mies. Three weeks ago, a trusted bodyguard shot the old man down as he was visiting cronies in the Hodeida Hospital. Eight Italian surgeons were rushed from Rome, and the Imam's probable heir, ambitious Crown Prince Seif el Islam el Badr, 35, summoned all governors and deputy governors to confer with him in Hodeida. Since such meetings usually precede the election of a new Imam, many Yemenis were convinced that the Defend er of the Faith was dying. The prudent people of Yemen will believe it when it is official...
...news out of this remote corner is that it is not the British but the Imam of Yemen who is falling back. Early last year the old (68) tyrant had to go to Italy for medical treatment. While he was away, the heir apparent, Crown Prince Badr, unable to hold the warring Yemeni tribesmen in line, emptied the royal treasury in paying out great sums to keep their allegiance. When the Imam got back last August, he had to retrench. He sent home some 70 Egyptian technicians brought in by his son, stopped the costly flow of rifles...