Word: dawalibi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...himself-the mixture of soldiers, nationalists, socialists and others who joined in ousting Shishekly picked as new Premier stout, bespectacled Sabri el Assali, a right-wing Damascus lawyer. Around him was assembled a Cabinet notable mostly for its lack of political notables. One exception: Defense Minister Marouf Dawalibi, who was Premier when Shishekly assumed power two years...
...Dawalibi, 50, an oyster-smooth politician who suggests a corpulent Fu Manchu, is a man of pronounced dislikes (among them: Jews, Britons, Americans). In World War II he worked in Berlin for a time with the pro-Nazi Mufti of Jerusalem. He professes not to fear Russia: "The Arabs would prefer a thousandfold to become a Soviet republic than a prey to world Jewry...
...Beirut, where he lived in exile until last fortnight's revolution, Dawalibi recently told a TIME correspondent: "The West wants us to forget about the enemy on our border [Israel] and worry about people thousands of miles away [Russia]. The West thinks we ought to follow them, just when they've helped the Jews to take away the Arab's country . . . The trouble with you Americans is that you always want other people to take your advice. You don't take anyone else's advice, and why should...
...such demagogic nonsense that bothered Colonel Shishekly, who, in a very practical way, is probably more pro-West than most Syrian politicians. The trouble was that Dawalibi wanted to take over the Defense Ministry-the power spot in the cabinet-controlling army, police and gendarmerie. That was a post usually reserved for a Shishekly stooge...
Nine hours after Dawalibi named his cabinet, Shishekly's soldiers and tanks appeared in the streets of Damascus; Dawalibi and his ministers were arrested and imprisoned in an officers' club. Shishekly issued something called "Communique No. 1," announcing that Dawalibi and his entire cabinet had quit...