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...with them just in time. On the side, he worked at building up his own new Socialist-Baath Party. Three years ago Hourani helped put the skids under then President-Dictator Adid Shishekly, saw his Baathists win 16 seats in Parliament and became fast friends with Moscow-trained Khaled Bakdash, self-styled secretary-general of the Communist Party and the first admitted Communist ever elected to an Arab Parliament (in most Arab countries the Communist Party is outlawed). Hourani and Bakdash speedily recruited Syrian Intelligence Chief Colonel Abdel Hamid Serraj, and with his help methodically bumped off all the remaining...
...Efficient Colonel. Since then Hourani and Bakdash have operated in the background, encouraging Serraj in the development of his intelligence system, while fervent Pan-Arab and Nasser enthusiasts as well as Communists flocked to their cause...
Most observers regard Bizri and Bakdash as certified Reds but doubt that Hourani himself is a convinced or dedicated Communist; he is more probably for Hourani and the main chance. They also think that Serraj (who used to talk daily on the phone with Nasser) believes that he is using rather than being used by the Communists. Hourani burns with the ambition of building a "Greater Syria," which, if achieved, would topple Iraq's able, pro-Western leader Nuri asSaid, take oil-rich Iraq out of the Baghdad Pact and eventually unify Iraq, Syria and perhaps Lebanon...
First is the strong conviction among many Syrians that Khaled Bakdash is prepared to invoke his Moscow training and try to unseat Old Friend Hourani when the time is ripe; if this fails, then Bakdash will dash back to Moscow. Second, and still more important, is the fact that...
Since Jedid's own military group will want revenge, three Syrian leaders-Colonel Serraj, Communist Leader Khaled Bakdash and Arab Nationalist Akram Hourani-will themselves for some time to come be looking nervously out of car windows, and wanting protection...