Word: glubb
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...received arms from the East, and stood to get a dam from the West. He began to throw his weight around. When the British tried to line up Jordan with the Baghdad Pact, he counterpunched. Radio Cairo's propaganda, joined by Saudi gold and Communist intrigue, helped blow Glubb Pasha out of Jordan. Nasser's broadcasts spread hatred for the U.S. among the 900,000 Palestinian refugees. In French North Africa, Nasser's radio preached enmity to the French. Despite Nasser's "soldier's word" to the contrary, the French say that in Algeria they...
...Canal zone, Eden himself had argued: "In the Middle East, as elsewhere, our defense arrangements must be based on consent and cooperation with the peoples concerned." He was criticized then by zealot imperialists for giving up British territory. When British evacuation of the Suez was followed by Lieut. General Glubb Pasha's expulsion from Jordan, and Britain's whole Middle East position was threatened, Eden decided to stand firm on Cyprus. Earl Attlee observed: "The government are so afraid of being thought to be weak that they take what is called strong action...
...national thrill that Jordan got three months ago by expelling Britain's longtime commander of Jordan's crack Arab Legion, Glubb Pasha, had spent itself. But Jordan, a poor desert kingdom crowded with 500,000 Palestinian refugees, had found no peace...
...army commander is young King Hussein's young friend AH Abu Nuwar, 34. Able, articulate and British-educated, Lieut. Colonel Abu Nuwar was regarded as an ambitious intriguer by Glubb Pasha; he was packed off to Paris as military attache in 1954. Brought back by the King over Glubb's objections, Abu Nuwar became the leader of the free officers' group that got Glubb fired. Last week the King promoted Abu Nuwar to major general to preside over the 20,000-strong legion...
...Britain's get-tough policy on Cyprus began abruptly last March within a week after the unceremonious ouster of Britain's Glubb Pasha from Jordan. Sir Anthony Eden and his imperial advisers decided to consolidate their hold on Cyprus at all costs, to defend their threatened position in the Middle East oil zone. This ugly situation jeopardizes NATO, which seeks new tasks for itself; yet NATO has sought to avoid trouble by ignoring it. Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak has proposed that NATO step in to supervise Cyprus' future self-determination...