Word: deserting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jordan is a country that has little or no excuse for existence. A chunk torn from the desert, with boundaries traced on sand, it has no geographical unity, national identity, political history or economic viability. It was created by the British for the British: an armed camp at the crossroads of the world, a watchtower in the center of oil lands they ruled in all but fact...
...series of articles syndicated by the North American Newspaper Alliance, the desert warrior concluded: "It was neither the King nor I who was at fault. King Hussein and I alike had been borne away willy-nilly on the tumultuous stream of human life...
...British-owned Iraq Petroleum Co.'s ledger label for a pumping station in the Jordanian desert on its pipeline from Iraq to the Mediterranean. At this remote and inhospitable spot, in an air-conditioned concrete resthouse surrounded by nothing but miles of rock and sand, Jordan's young (20) King Hussein and his cousin, Iraq's young (20) King Feisal II, met last week to discuss the future of Jordan...
...other side stands Iraq, Egypt's No. 1 rival in the Arab world. Iraq has the money ($200 million a year in oil royalties), plus the common Hashemite hatred that unites its King with Jordan's against the rival Saudi Arabian dynasty. After last week's desert meeting the Iraqi Cabinet went into emergency session to approve a $2,800,000 loan to Jordan...
...they followed the Iraq Petroleum Co. pipeline eastward toward Teheran, open desert stretched for miles on either side, and there was no road of any kind, nothing but the pipeline to mark the route. Yet out of the blue came an Arab truck headed straight for the leading Land Rover, which hastily stopped. Swerving at the last moment, the Arab sideswiped it, tearing a rear fender, and drove on unconcerned...