Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into Lebanon because the Iraqi revolt made it obvious that if we didn't choose sides at once we soon wouldn't have a side...
...hours last week, after pro-Nasser Iraqi rebels stormed into the royal palace in Baghdad, peace in the Middle East hung on uncertainties. Armies were on the march, air forces on the wing, navies on patrol. Banner lines and bulletins, the grim spectacle of gun-toting soldiers and scurrying foreign ministers that flashed across the TV screens all agitated the world's nerves in the most disturbing crisis since Suez 21 months...
...Wednesday morning, when it became clear that the Iraqi revolt was a resounding success and that there was no longer anyone there whom the U.S. could rescue, the West's action turned into a holding operation in Lebanon and Jordan, bolstering the last few remaining leaders in the Middle East who had ranged themselves beside the West (holding two pawns, while losing a knight, the London Observer described...
...most hated Arab rival, and in the hour of his own victory, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser put on the appearance of a reasonable man: "Why does America get mad when free men of Iraq say they will protect their agreements, obligations and the peace?" Although the new Iraqi regime quickly signed a defense pact "against aggression" with Nasser, it promised to keep oil flowing to the West. Yet Nasser himself, in the first days of the nerve-jangling week, had been unable to sustain the look of the innocent and casual vacationer sailing through the Mediterranean. The unexpected...
...Istanbul, Turkey's President and Premier were standing at the airport. The honor guard was drawn up, the bands ready to play-but the Iraqi guests never arrived. In alarm, Turkish President Celal Bayar and Premier Adnan Menderes took off for their capital at Ankara to consider their next move. Another pact partner, Iran, closed its border and alerted its army. But these were but feeble protective responses. Without Iraq the Baghdad Pact would be meaningless...