Word: iraq
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...death of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Arabs' only supranational leader, and the crushing by Jordan's King Hussein of the Palestinian guerrillas who long operated freely within his country's borders. Only last month, in a continuing display of disunity, Syria and Iraq closed their borders with Jordan in protest against Hussein's routing of the guerrillas; two weeks ago, Libya's impetuous young strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, urged the Jordanian army to overthrow its King...
...Communism. The Soviets have supplied billions in aid to "revolutionary" Arab governments. They have received lavish expressions of friendship as well as vital military facilities in return. But they have never been able to install a pro-Communist regime in the area. There are Baathist radicals in Syria and Iraq, and Socialists in Algeria, Egypt, Libya and southern Yemen. But Communists in power...
...Reports of an unsuccessful coup attempt in Iraq, with 45 army officers arrested...
...hoped to make himself Caliph. Ever since, Arabs have described self-aggrandizement in the guise of vengeance as "waving the shirt of Othman." As Hussein's neighbors leaped to the guerrillas' defense last week with words-but little else-that is what they seemed to be doing. Iraq expelled the Jordanian ambassador and demanded Jordan's ouster from the Arab League. Egypt's Anwar Sadat in effect called Hussein a liar, while a spokesman in Cairo said that the events were "a black mark on the forehead of the Jordanian government." No government, however, did anything...
...Damascus. The Soviet-Egypt treaty of friendship, which will be formally signed this week, has been followed by lesser concordats elsewhere. One was signed in Damascus last week, obliging the Russians to provide more economic aid for Syria. In Baghdad, a protocol was signed pledging Russian aid in developing Iraq's North Rumaila oilfields and improving irrigation on the Euphrates River...