Word: nasserism
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When Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser grabbed the Suez Canal 6½ years ago, his bitter enemies in Europe predicted that the big ditch would soon be filled with silt and that untrained Egyptian pilots would never be able to steer shipping through safely...
...some of their former comrades in arms, Nahlawi's men issued a public demand that their discharges be canceled, and that a new general staff to their liking be put in power. To confuse things, the rebellious soldiers insisted on a plebiscite to decide on closer relations with Nasser's Egypt. Otherwise, Nahlawi threatened, troops under his control would march on Damascus...
Behind the scenes, the U.S. was exerting major efforts to contain the struggle. By recognizing Sallal's republican regime last month, Washington had delighted Egypt's Nasser and offended Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Now Washington hoped to deter Nasser and reassure Hussein and Saud by sending the U.S. destroyer Forrest Sherman on a "routine" visit to the Saudi seaport of Jidda-the hoary political device that hints of force. And, though it was laconically denied in Washington, sources in the Middle East insist that the U.S. has agreed to a Saudi request that antiaircraft batteries and radar-control...
...ungrateful. But Istiqlal leaders were pressing for close economic and diplomatic ties with Cairo, based on a common Islamic heritage, and demanding that Hassan pursue Morocco's claims to Spanish Sahara, Mauritania and part of Algeria's Sahara. Refusing to salaam to Gamal Abdel Nasser, King Hassan resisted, arguing that the nation's future lies less with the Arab world than with France and Europe's Common Market. He also opposed the nationalists' agitation on the border claims. Said Hassan's closest political confidant, Cabinet Director Ahmed Reda Guedira, after the purge: "The King...
...council is violently opposed to Islamic organizations associated with other Moslem leaders, such as the mission-minded Ahmadiyya Movement of Pakistan or the puritanical Wahhabi sect of Saudi Arabia. To Eweida, it is kismet that Islam should grow, and that Egypt should become the center of Islamic culture. Nasser thinks...