Word: iraq
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...months ago, Iraq's Premier Nuri es-Said had brought the wrath of Egypt's Premier Nasser on his head for joining Turkey to form the nucleus of the new organization. Now Nuri tried to reassure Nasser. Iraq, he said, "will not hesitate to use her resources for the assistance of any Arab state subjected to Israeli aggression." Macmillan seized his chance to argue that Communist frustration in Europe and Asia had forced the Reds to seek out new areas for expansion. Egypt's deal for Communist arms was the result, and, considering the situation, he could...
...time, said Pakistan's Chaudhri Mohammed AH, that "the observer made some observations." Iran's Hussein Ala was more blunt: "We would warmly welcome the early accession of the U.S." For the U.S., unwilling to join a pact with a country (Iraq) which is still officially at war with Israel, Gallman could only reaffirm the U.S.'s continued encouragement and support...
METO adds only the forces of Iraq and Iran-and a defense position...
...Iraq's young new army, trained by the British, has between 40,000 and 50.000 men organized into two divisions, with a third in the process of formation. Iran's 150,000-man army, for years a tatterdemalion outfit rotted by Communist infiltration and paralyzed by low morale, has been spruced up under the guidance of a U.S. military assistance group headed by Major General Robert McClure. currently consists of twelve passable divisions, three of them armored...
...their evacuation of Suez, the main Middle East defense line would be established along the rugged Zagros mountain range which runs from eastern Turkey southeastward along the north shore of the Persian Gulf. This line, the British argue, is "the only reasonably defensible terrain," can be supplied readily from Iraq, and they figure they could fly in an armored division from Libya, Jordan or Cyprus in less than three weeks after a Russian attack was launched...