Word: halim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sheiks & Brothers. The crisis came when Army Chief Abu Nuwar, the playboy general and his onetime boon companion, told Hussein that if he did not appoint Abdel Halim Nimr as Premier, the army would force him to. Hussein acted. On signal, his men spread word in Zerka that Communists headed by Abu Nuwar were about to seize the royal palace and overthrow the King. The Moslem Brotherhood took charge of the streets; the Bedouin garrison began attacking officers and an infantry unit known to support Abu Nuwar. They fought first with stones and rifle butts, later with bullets. Twelve...
Crowning Edifice. Last week Libya's Premier Mustafa Ben Halim, visiting Tunis, signed an agreement with Bourguiba that looked to a day when their mutual borders would disappear. "An audacious step has been taken toward the building of a great, unified Maghreb," cried Bourguiba. "When Algeria has overcome her tribulations, the edifice will be crowned." He added a warning: "France is today faced with an alternative. On one hand, an endless war . . . on the other, the constitution of a North African community deeply unified and ready to cooperate...
...months ago the West felt welcome and secure in Libya, that huge 680,000-square-mile expanse of African desert between Tunisia and Egypt. Frail old King Idris was a firm friend of the West. So was young (35), balding Prime Minister Mustafa ben Halim. In exchange for a $10.5 million annual subsidy, Libya allowed the British to maintain a major air base near Tobruk, and when Premier Nasser forced the British out of the Suez Canal, the British also moved in an armored division. So far, the U.S. has contributed $12 million in Point Four aid and for maintenance...
Offer from Moscow, Russia, he said, would be glad to extend a generous loan for Libya's development, with no strings attached, would send specialized engineers to build whatever Libyans wanted-hospitals, schools, harbors, dams. Prime Minister Ben Halim hustled over to U.S. Ambassador John Tappin and told him frankly that, though he personally saw his country's future linked with the West, it would be very hard for Libya to refuse such aid, unless the West could offer to match it. While Ben Halim stalled off his answer, Tappin rushed off to Washington to plead for more...
Last week Prime Minister Ben Halim went before a secret session of the Parliament and announced that Russia's offer would be rejected. In Washington U.S. officials were closemouthed, but admitted that several million dollars more in U.S. economic aid would soon be forthcoming. It would be cheap at the price...