Word: benghazi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appease this hard-line faction, and to hedge against unsuccessful peace talks, that Sadat last week made a gesture toward militant Arab unity; at a Benghazi meeting, he decided to form a new Union of Arab Republics composed of Egypt, Libya and Syria. The members will be pledged to joint defense and will also have the right to intervene in the affairs of the other states to prevent a coup d'etat. The three nations and their 42 million people are ultimately supposed to have one President, one flag, one military command and, of course, one enemy: Israel...
Three-Day Battle. The strongest comment came from Nasser, who was touring Libya. In Benghazi's thronged sports stadium, he delivered a warning to Washington. He seized on the substance of the U.S. note, which apparently did not specify Israeli withdrawal from "all" occupied Arab territories. "If the Middle East conflict is to be settled either militarily or politically, we shall make no concession of one inch of Arab territory," he said. "It is being said that an offer has been made for an Israeli withdrawal from Sinai and the West bank of the Jordan but not from...
...jetted about the Middle East last week, it looked as if Gamal Abdel Nasser were going acourtin' once more. Extending a three-day Libyan visit to six days, he drew crowds of 40,000 in Tripoli, 65,000 in Benghazi. He further delighted Libyans by appearing as a witness at the wedding of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, 27, the nation's revolutionary leader, to Fathia Khaled, daughter of an army officer. In Khartoum, he joined Major General Jaafar Numeiry, Sudan's boss since an army coup last year, in celebrating the country's 14th anniversary of independence...