Word: bourguibaism
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...dedicated Tunisian nationalist, President Habib Bourguiba, 59, is a popular hero to most of the millions who have followed him since independence was won in 1956. But Bourguiba also has his deadly enemies. Last week a determined group of the latter almost succeeded in assassinating Tunisia's stocky chieftain...
...plotters actually made two attempts on Bourguiba's life. The first try failed on Dec. 15 because Bourguiba did not spend the night at his Presidential Palace at Carthage, near Tunis. The plotters next laid their plans for midnight. Dec. 21, and even Bourguiba's personal bodyguard agreed to lead the killers to the President's bedside...
...upon a Defense Ministry official and blurted the details of the plot. That night, and on following days, more than a hundred plotters were jailed. They proved to be a handful of dissident army officers and some disgruntled landowners. But the hard core seemed to be supporters of Bourguiba's old foe, the late Salah ben Youssef, who lost a bitter struggle for control of Neo-Destour, Tunisia's only political party, and went into exile in 1955. When Ben Youssef was murdered in West Germany in 1961, his followers back home blamed Bourguiba agents, swore vengeance...
...plotters' only plan, apparently, was to slay the President. Said Bourguiba: "After my death the country would have been in a state of total anarchy. The plotters thought only of eliminating me, not replacing...
...Tunisia, President Habib Bourguiba promised that Jews would be allowed to practice their religion in peace: "While I am alive, not a hair on Jewish heads will be touched." But Tunisian Jews are trapped in the cold war between Israel and the Arab states. Bourguiba's government has disbanded even Jewish religious organizations on the ground that they promote Zionism, and Jews fear that other Arab countries could force Tunisia to impose restrictions upon them...