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...needed measure of self-esteem that had been absent since the humiliating defeat of 1967 and provided a breakthrough to peace negotiations. Nor will they argue that the war made Egypt's Sadat-who had been judged the indecisive, second-rate successor to the great Gamal Abdel Nasser-the most prestigious leader of the Arab world...
...Egypt, where only seven years ago Gamal Abdel Nasser unleashed virulent anti-Americanism by falsely charging that U.S. planes had wiped out his air force, the U.S. helicopter carrier Iwo Jima placidly anchored off Port Said to begin the minesweeping of the Suez Canal. Meanwhile, the Egyptian government prepared two former palaces of King Farouk for a possible state visit by President Nixon as early as some time...
...balmy new atmosphere was demonstrated by President Nixon's request to Congress last week for $250 million in aid for Cairo. The last time Egypt received such a sizable American grant was nearly two decades ago, before Washington abruptly canceled its promised financial support for Gamal Abdel Nasser's favorite project, the High Dam at Aswan, which was ultimately bankrolled by the Soviets. If Congress approves Nixon's request for money, which seems likely at the present time, $25 million will be used to clear the Suez Canal and $80 million to buy U.S. grains. With...
...harshest critic of Sadat's pro-American policies is neighboring Libya and its President, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Last week Egyptian-Libyan relations hit a new low when Cairo implied that Gaddafi-a Moslem zealot who fancies himself Nasser's heir as the champion of the Islamic world-was personally linked to a plot to topple Sadat. As Egyptian officials tell it, a 38-year-old fanatic named Saleh Abdulla Sareya (a Palestinian with an Iraqi passport) led a group of youths armed only with knives in an attack against the Egyptian army's Technical Military Academy...
...intend to designate an heir, as Nasser designated...