Word: nasserism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trouble between them goes back to Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, who once backed the N.L.F. which has always been strong on terrorism but weak in leadership. In 1966, Nasser switched his support to the newer and more political FLOSY. Today, the N.L.F.'s only visible leaders are its secretary general, Qahtan al Shaabi, 47, an engineer who once served as director of agriculture in one of the federation's tiny sultanates, and his hard-eyed young nephew, Feisal. What outside support they have, if any, remains their secret. FLOSY, on the other hand, boasts a stable...
...Talking. The British, understandably, would rather deal exclusively with the N.L.F., which is not only stronger than FLOSY but is also anti-Nasser. Trouble is, the N.L.F. is simply not equipped to run a government, and with the territory scheduled to gain its independence in January, the British are trying hard to bring the two groups together in a coalition...
...tune of $392 million a year as long as "traces of Israeli aggression" persist. Egypt and Sudan restored landing rights to Britain's BOAC, and Egypt was on the verge of allowing T.W.A. back into Cairo. Even those two archenemies among the Arabs-Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and Saudi Arabia's King Feisal-were talking to each other. After agreeing to end their five-year war in Yemen, Nasser unfroze more than $100 million worth of Saudi assets in Egypt, and Feisal denationalized two Egyptian-owned banks that he had taken over earlier this year...
...would be willing to fight Israel again, he told his fellow rulers, but only if all Arab states turn over half their national income to help prepare for the battle. Since that seemed hardly likely, Nasser quickly added: "We feel the time is not ripe for a military adventure and suggest to the brothers that they consider the possibilities for a political solution to the problems that face us." In other words, negotiate for the return of their land now tightly held by the Israelis...
...agreement of sorts did come out of Khartoum. In a two-hour conference at the home of Sudanese Premier Mohammed Mahgoub, Nasser and Saudi Arabia's King Feisal promised to stop their five-year confrontation in Yemen. They signed a treaty under which Nasser will pull out the 20,000 troops that now prop up Yemen's Leftist Premier Abdullah Sallal, Feisal will stop sending arms to Sallal's tough Royalist enemies, and three neutral Arab states will send in observers to make sure that no one cheats. If carried out as promised, that pact would almost...