Word: jordan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...measure, King Hussein of Jordan is a moderate Arab monarch: antiCommunist, pro-Western, and opposed to throwing anything more threatening than verbal brickbats at Israel. Jordan has the longest and most vulnerable border with Israel of any of the Arab nations, is the first target of the Israelis' periodic retaliatory raids to Arab terrorist bombings...
Abusive Barrage. With 650,000 Palestinian refugees in Jordan-fully one-third of his nation's population-Hussein has had to pay lip service to Shukairy's militant dreams. But when it came to allowing Shukairy's recruiters to go to work in Jordan, the King drew the line. "In this country there will be one army with one loyalty," he said. "Anything else is an infringement of sovereignty and will not be tolerated." With that, Shukairy turned on Hussein, presumably with the tacit consent of Nasser, who is none too happy with Hussein's recent...
Using the Cairo-based "Voice of Palestine," Shukairy loosed a barrage of abuse against Hussein. The King hit back by branding Shukairy, whose P.L.O. ranks are equipped with Soviet weapons, "a tool of international Communism." Shukairy became personal. He accused the Jordan royal family of corruption, claimed that Hussein's brother Prince Mohammed operated an arms-import racket that provided Israelis with weapons. Shukairy's agents began whispering the word traitor against Hussein in Jordan's refugee camps. To a refugee population obsessed with a return to Palestine, such charges go over dangerously well...
...crash road-building program, Feisal plans 6,000 miles of new roads by 1970. He is also rebuilding the Hejaz Railway-in ruins ever since Lawrence of Arabia blew it apart during World War I-from Medina through Jordan to Syria. In Jeddah, he is putting up a $14 million water-desalting plant that will daily convert Red Sea water into 5,000,000 gallons of potable water and produce 45,000 kw. of power...
...help avert a war-or be ready when it comes-Feisal wants to call an Islamic summit conference in Mecca, and has won support from Iran, Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait, Tunisia and the Persian Gulf sheikdoms. "We are seeking only cooperation and solidarity," says Feisal. "All states are invited to heed the call, and President Nasser as a leader is, of course, invited...