Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...furious outburst from his Damascus balcony, Nasser abruptly ended his brief truce with the rival Arab Federation (Iraq and Jordan). Evidently Nasser was angered by the Iraqi and Jordanian foreign ministers' attempts to line up Saudi Arabia's King Saud for their union...
Nasser's spectacular display overshadowed the steady progress of the rival Arab Federation. In Baghdad the Iraqi Parliament decorously voted unanimous approval. In Amman, as King Hussein watched from a gallery, Jordan's legislators shouted their assent the next...
...More Natural Union." There was none of the wild display of popular joy in Jordan last week that followed the unity proclamation in Cairo and Damascus. Yet, said an Iraqi leader: "This is the more natural union." Iraq and Jordan go together geographically, historically, and even-because Iraq has the oil wealth and the living space to absorb Jordan's refugees-economically...
...position. Even Iraq's Nuri asSaid, who had gone to Ankara threatening to withdraw Iraq from the pact unless he got its backing for a Palestine solution, was persuaded by Dulles and Britain's Selwyn Lloyd not to raise the issue publicly. As the delegates departed, an Iraqi aide conceded: "We are much happier than we were, thanks to Mr. Dulles." John Foster Dulles flew home with accomplishment recorded...
...frighten Iraq's King Feisal or Saudi Arabia's Saud as a demonstration of what could be done to them, it failed even more miserably. Instead, it brought fresh evidence of the growing isolation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab world. Answering a plea from six Iraqi religious leaders, Feisal and Saud joined in denunciation of Nasser's methods. "These attacks," said King Feisal, "will benefit only the enemies of Arabs and Moslems." Said Saud: "We will make an effort to end them...