Word: royalists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Prince Mohamed ben Hussein, commander of the Royalist army, sat on a carpet spread in front of the mountain cave that has been his headquarters for most of Yemen's five-year civil war. Before him were the turbaned chiefs of the country's most powerful tribes, summoned for a council of war. At long last, announced Ben Hussein, his army was ready to launch a march on San'a -the final offensive, he hoped, that would retake the capital and finish off the Republican regime...
...without you." The chiefs were eager to help, especially since the Republicans' Egyptian defenders had been ordered home. They quickly agreed to mobilize their tribes, and to seal the agreement they devoured a great mound of lamb and rice proffered by the prince. Last week the Royalist siege of San'a began...
...their mountain redoubts swept Ben Hussein's 6,000 Royalist regulars and 50,000 armed tribesmen known as "the Fighting Rifles." Well trained (by French mercenaries) and well armed (with recoilless rifles, heavy mortars and bazookas), they quickly surrounded San'a, captured its main airport and severed the Chinese-built highway to the port of Hodeida, which was not only the pride of the Republican regime but a main route for Russian supplies...
...Arab summit. That left the government in charge of Field Marshal Hassan al-Amri, the army commander. Al-Amri declared a 6 p.m. curfew, ordered civilians to form militia units "to defend the republic." In Liberation Square, a howling mob watched a firing squad execute six suspected Royalist infiltrators, then dragged their bodies to the gates of the city and strung them up on poles...
...Premier Ahmed Mohammed Noman, 65, and former Acting Presidents Abdul Rahman Iryani, 67, and Mohammed Ali Othman, 65. All three had recently returned to Yemen after a year of political imprisonment in Cairo, where Nasser had held them at Sallal's behest for demanding peace talks with the Royalists. Speaking for the triumvirate, Iryani made it clear that the new regime intended to get together with the Royalists. He pardoned more than 3,000 political prisoners, called a conference of all major Republican tribes to discuss ending the five-year civil war, and promised that the conference would...