Word: iraq
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Across the insecure borders of the Arab Middle East the repercussions spread. Most jeopardized immediately was Jordan, Iraq's partner in the Arab Union...
...internal revolt against pro-Western President Camille Chamoun, which is aided and abetted by arms, men and radio encouragement from Nasser. At the beginning of the week, both weary sides were reportedly ready to agree on Army Chief Fuad Shehab as new President. But success of the revolt in Iraq undoubtedly would set the Lebanese rebels against any compromise...
Beyond these two concerned countries stood Israel, which was in no mood to be entirely surrounded by Nasser's Arabs, and might resume the war against Nasser it abandoned so reluctantly in 1956. Also deeply involved was Britain, whose oil wealth lies in Iraq, and for whom Iraq is the last major bastion in the Middle East...
Under the leadership of Strongman Nuri asSaid, Iraq was the only Arab nation to align itself firmly with the West. In signing the Baghdad Pact, it united with Britain and the Moslem nations of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan in common defense against Communism. The U.S. refused to join the pact, but worked in close military liaison with...
Nuri asSaid was the Arab world's sworn enemy of Nasser, who proclaimed Arab "positive neutrality" in the cold war. In many respects it was an unequal battle: Iraq has fewer than 6,000,000 people, Egypt more than 22 million. When Nasser seized power in neighboring Syria last February and proclaimed the United Arab Republic, Iraq countered on February 14 by merging with its Hashemite brother, Jordan, in the Arab Union, Iraq's King Feisal became the head of the union, but the Constitution provided that in his absence, authority would pass to his young cousin, King...