Word: bitar
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...Iraq's oil output for an estimated six months, at a cost in royalties lost to the Iraq treasury of about $80 million. The Syrians snapped right back at Iraq for keeping its ties with Britain. At one table-pounding session, Foreign Minister Salah el Bitar, another Syrian just back from Moscow, charged that Iraq was Britain's and Israel's tool. An Iraqi retorted: "That's better than being a Communist...