Word: nasserism
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...decided to enter a decisive battle against Israel if aggression continued," Nasser declared. "We then asked Kassem, under the terms of our military agreement, to send Iraqi army units, but Kassem refused. We knew we would be alone if we entered a conflict with Israel...
Arab nationalism in Iraq centers around the northern oil city of Mosul, on the banks of the Tigris. Surrounded by the powerful and hostile Kurds, whom the Communists have been busy infiltrating, Arab zealots in Mosul wanted to join Nasser's one big Arab nation, and blamed Kassem for keeping them out. Mosul hardly seemed the place to stage a Communist rally, unless Iraq's wily and wiry strongman wanted to provoke trouble...
...Rise & Kill." In the streets of Mosul, the Peace Partisans, toting rifles as members of the Communist-led "Popular Resistance" militia, began scuffling with local Nasser supporters and burned down a Nasserite restaurant. Colonel Shawaf telephoned Kassem in Baghdad, asking permission to use troops to keep order. Kassem hedged. At this point, apparently on impulse, Shawaf decided to put into effect a revolt that was only half-formed in his mind. His fifth brigade, loyal to him, rounded up 300 Peace Partisans. He ordered the leader of the parading Communists, Kamil Kazanchi, a well-known Baghdad politico and lawyer, shot...
Settling Scores. With Shawaf's death. Mosul became a scene of bloody anarchy. Rebel soldiers fought with loyalist comrades; Peace Partisans gunned for Nasser sympathizers; bedouins moved in to pillage and burn, and in the chaos many old private scores were settled. Shawaf's riddled, smashed body was dragged through the streets, then dumped in a car and driven off to Baghdad. Through two days' wild shooting and looting, three Americans huddled in the Station Hotel bar to save being torn to pieces by the mobs. At the government's call, the non-Arabic Kurdish tribesmen...
Assured of his popularity, Kassem toured in his yellow station wagon, waving to the cheering crowds. They were in a holiday patriotic mood, celebrating a nationalism not subservient to Egypt. The impulse came naturally to Iraqis, but Communist cheerleaders organized their cries for them. Nasser's United Arab Republic had fomented the Mosul rebellion, cried Kassem, ordering the expulsion of nine Egyptian diplomats. "The curtain is raised," trumpeted Baghdad's daily Al Thawra. "Abdel Nasser is revealed as the great plotter, enemy, dictator, and shedder of blood. Those who proclaim pan-Arabism and raise Abdel Nasser...