Word: houari
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Modest Messiah. Despite such latent opposition, Ben Bella is counting on the turbaned peasant masses, along with the popular national army of enigmatic No. 2 man, Colonel Houari Boumedienne, to keep him in power. Ben Bella's immediate problem is reviving the economy, and last week, on the eve of the presidential vote, he announced a timely boost from the Soviet Union-a $100 million loan to Algeria. Although disbursement details had yet to be worked out on paper, Russia thus becomes Ben Bella's second most important helper after France, which has promised up to $700 million...
...coming too swiftly, to Marxist Theoretician Mohammed Boudiaf, who complains that socialism is not coming quickly enough. Boudiaf and three of his supporters have been under house arrest since June, and another opponent, Mohammed Khider, has been exiled. At one time Ben Bella seemed threatened by shadowy, ascetic Colonel Houari Boumedienne; as Defense Minister and army chief, he has so much power that he probably could take over. Apparently, he is content to work in the background, has kept the army loyal to Ben Bella...
...Algerian delegation, headed by Defense Minister Houari Boumedienne showed up in Cairo to pay its respects. "Regarding Arab unity," said Boumedienne. "our objective should be the creation of solid, strong and healthy bases. The Arab people are not ready to accept another setback, another letdown. For that reason, all steps toward Arab unity must be absolutely unshakeable...
When Hassan landed in Algiers last week, his reception was less than overwhelming. The Algerian honor guard wore sneakers for the arrival ceremony; Algeria's Defense Minister Houari Boumedienne, was in an unadorned civilian overcoat-no medals, no epaulets-and kept it on even at a state reception that evening. Though Hassan is about as interested in socialism as Louis XIV was, his hosts insisted on showing him one state farm and socialist work project after another. At the end of three days, Hassan wore a fixed smile that seemed cemented to his face...
...last week all of Algeria's wrangling leaders seemed chillingly aware of the nation's disgust. Ex-Premier Benkhedda, despite his enmity toward Ben Bella, pointed the way to unity by going out and voting. And fiery army commander Colonel Houari Boumedienne kept himself and his Communist-equipped troops relatively out of sight. Only when the vote was in did Boumedienne announce a drive to crush antigovernment resistance in the region around Algiers...