Word: haddad
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...those were not worries enough, Khoury's sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Haddad, had become Dahish's most fanatical disciple. As the stories made the rounds of Beirut, the Government decided to act. Foreign Minister Selim Takla, buzzed the bazaars, was drafting a deportation order for Dahish. Then, on the night of Jan. 11, 1945, Takla entertained U.S. Minister George Wadsworth (now Ambassador to Iraq) at dinner. Wadsworth left the Foreign Minister, apparently fit and smiling, returned home to find a message that Takla had dropped dead...
Khoury's worries increased. Margaret Haddad's daughter, Magda, also a Dahish admirer, committed suicide. In Khoury's eyes, Dahish had become not merely a nuisance but a menace. Khoury determined...