Word: hussein
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...issue was a question that may yet haunt other Arab governments as the guerrillas grow stronger or bolder: Where, and in what numbers, should the fedayeen be allowed to operate in their "war to the death" against Israel? Jordan's King Hussein confronted the guerrillas over the issue and ultimately backed down, giving them virtually a free hand in his border areas. Two weeks ago, the issue brought violence to Lebanon when the army cracked down on the fedayeen for having moved into populated areas supposedly barred to them under an earlier agreement...
...also came under fire, mostly because the State Department had recently expressed its concern over "any threat to Lebanese integrity from any source." South Yemen broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S. Washington said that it planned to take no retaliatory action. Jordan's King Hussein, who has toyed with the idea of curbing the guerrillas himself, tried to steer a middle course. He sent no protest to Helou, but told Al-Fatah Leader Yasser Arafat: "It is a shame that a single drop of Arab blood be shed by an Arab hand." In Baghdad, 250,000 Iraqis demonstrated...
...coup in Libya (see following story) reduced the number of reigning Arab monarchs to three, and only one of them seems reasonably secure-Morocco's King Hassan II. Jordan's Hussein is under pressure from Palestinian commandos, who use his territory as a base, and from Israeli retaliation. Saudi Arabia's King Feisal forestalled a coup by young air force officers only six weeks ago. Since then, he reportedly jailed hundreds of plotters and condemned 30 to death by beheading...
Even so, only four other countries saw fit to send representatives. Jordan's Hussein was there, and so was Syria's head of state, Noureddine Atassi. Iraq sent only a Deputy Premier because of its quarrel with Syria over the true interpretation of Baathist socialism, but Sudan sent its new ruler, Major General Jaafar Nimeiry. The oil-soaked Kuwaitis, Saudis and Libyans, who already donate $378 million a year to war-damaged Egypt and Jordan, stayed away, lest they be touched for even bigger donations. Sure enough, the leaders at the mini-summit made a blunt demand...
...There is no hope, no way except through force," Egypt's President Nasser said in a broadcast to his soldiers about the fire, which damaged the revered mosque in Israeli-ruled Jerusalem. "Hopes for a peaceful solution have been cruelly shattered," declared Jordan's King Hussein. "Now that all peaceful methods have been exhausted, I appeal to you to declare jihad [holy war]," cried Saudi Arabia's King Feisal, in a plea addressed not only to the region's 100 million Arabs but also to the world's 600 million Moslems...