Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Though Feisal arrived in the company of Iraqi Premier Nuri es-Said, Hussein flew to the rendezvous (piloting his de Havilland Dove himself) without his Prime Minister. Having successfully sacked Glubb Pasha, symbol of Britain's long Jordanian dominance, Hussein seemed to be savoring his independence. He had turned down the invitation to join Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria in their Arab "neutral" bloc, and he had already opened negotiations with the British on terms that seemed likely to assure for the young king the continuing of London's $25 million yearly subsidy, and the presence...
...Iraq, Egypt's No. 1 rival in the Arab world. Iraq has the money ($200 million a year in oil royalties), plus the common Hashemite hatred that unites its King with Jordan's against the rival Saudi Arabian dynasty. After last week's desert meeting the Iraqi Cabinet went into emergency session to approve a $2,800,000 loan to Jordan...
...longed-for "permanent" housing. Along the Jerusalem Road, where village after village of red-roofed one-room houses have been set up, the majority of settlers have built on an extra room at their own expense and are cultivating gardens among the rocks. Says a 20-year-old Iraqi girl who married on her arrival three years ago: "We hadn't even money to buy a blanket to cover us on our wedding night. We couldn't speak Hebrew. We were frightened of everyone who tried to help us. Today we have a two-room apartment, a dining...
Pillar of Wisdom. For 25 years Nuri es-Said, who after breaking with the Turks fought heroically beside Lawrence of Arabia in his World War I desert campaigns, has dominated Iraqi politics. He shares control of the country with 20 or so feudal sheiks and big Baghdad landholders. At the last election in 1954, Nuri es-Said and his sheiks obviously had things well under control: on election day, 122 of the 135 parliamentary seats were uncontested. Democracy this may not be, but by Middle East standards, it is good government. Now in his 15th premiership and growing frail...
...moved swiftly last week to take a new partner into its "northern tier" of Middle East defenses. Stopping over in Baghdad on his way back from Bangkok, Britain's Anthony Eden suggested to Iraq's Premier Nuri es-Said that Britain is ready to join the Turkish-Iraqi alliance and to replace the expiring Anglo-Iraqi pact with a new association . . . in line with those which already exist with Turkey and other partners in NATO. " Britian's connection with Iraq is oil, which is Baghdad's chief source of revenue: $100 million a year...