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...lobby of Cairo's Ministry of Interior was wearing the uniform of a police first lieutenant, but he looked more like a student. A few minutes before 10 a.m. he glanced up. Across the lobby came Egypt's 60-year-old Premier, Mahmoud Fahmy El Nokrashy Pasha. As he approached the elevators, the young man saluted. Then he whipped out a revolver and fired five bullets into the Premier's body, killing...
...Phone Call. The assassin, hustled off to jail, was a 21-year-old veterinary student named Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan. He was also a member of the Moslem Brotherhood, a fanatical religious-political organization, a million strong, of whom half are Egyptians. Nokrashy Pasha had won its sworn enmity. A few weeks ago a telephone call brought him news that the brotherhood had assassinated Cairo's police chief. As he put down the phone, Nokrashy paled and clutched at his heart. Promptly he banned the brotherhood, knowing that his action might bring about his own assassination...
...government and other members of the Arab League. Last week his cabinet gave its consent, and this week Parliament voiced its unanimous approval. The rest of the Arab world howled treachery. Next to a strong Israel, a bigger and stronger Abdullah was the last thing they wanted. Cried Azzam Pasha, spokesman for the Arab League: "We must continue fighting to liberate Palestine...
...both sides, hotheads were sore at the U.N. order. The Jews were sure they could win in a fight. Arab diehards at first threatened countersanctions against Britain and the U.S. Azzam Pasha, spokesman for the Arab League, snarled: "If you prevent me from getting what I want, naturally I will prevent you from getting what you want." He meant oil. The Arabs could seriously interfere with the flow of 40% of the world's oil lying in areas they inhabit...
...Fighting with their backs to the sea, the Jews were telling each other last week: "Our secret weapon is ein brera" [no alternative]. Some Arab statements were tempered with a new note of caution. "Of course we're confident," said the Arab League Secretary General, Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha. "The trouble is that some people expect spectacular results right away, but it isn't that kind of a fight. It is a guerrilla war where there are no front lines and no decisive battles." Later, Azzam suggested setting up a small token Jewish state, like Vatican City...