Word: benguerir
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When the French authorized the U.S. to build bases in Morocco, in the jittery months after the Korean war began, the French stipulated that U.S. forces should be limited to some 7,500 men at any one time. The three bases at Sidi Slimane, Benguerir and Nouasseur absorbed the full quota of Americans. The French will not let any more in: they are jealous of their own prestige, fearful of U.S. political appeal for the restive Moroccans, and no longer so worried about a general war. Last week, caught in this embarrassing spot, the U.S. Air Force in Washington insisted...
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