Word: masmoudi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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These differences obviously gave Bourguiba and his advisers second thoughts about unification. Only two days after proclamation of the "Arab Islamic Republic," Bourguiba fired the chief architect of the merger, Tunisia's Foreign Minister Mohamed Masmoudi...
...these is Masmoudi, a personal friend of Gaddafi's, who favors many of the Libyan leader's pro-Arab, anti-Western sentiments. Masmoudi advocated unification with Libya, and most likely saw it as a means of improving his own position in the Tunisian power struggle. At week's end, evidence of political difficulties within Tunisia mounted as soldiers occupied key Tunis intersections. Premier Hedi Nouira, a rival of Masmoudi's and a foe of unification, described the troop movements as a "precaution." They were probably meant to discourage Tunisian youth, many of whom admire Gaddafi, from...