Word: sallal
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...international battleground. Yemen had delayed Bunche's visit until an Egyptian armored column could seize the formerly royalist-held town of Marib, and then exhibited it to Bunche as evidence of republican control of the country. After a 60-minute session with Yemen's Strongman Abdullah Sallal, Bunche declared, "I was most impressed by his earnestness, sincerity, strength and seriousness of purpose." Stopping off in Cairo on his way home, Bunche conferred for two hours with Nasser, then saw newsmen. He emphasized that the Yemeni people he saw supported Sallal's government "in a positive...
From remote Yemen last September came word of a revolution that had toppled the centuries-old dynasty of Imam Mohammed el Badr. Leader of the coup was Colonel Abdullah Sallal, 45, newly appointed commander of the palace guard, who announced in the Yemen capital of San'a that his troops had killed the Imam and were in control of the primitive, Nebraska-sized country. Weeks later it was learned that Badr had in fact escaped the shelled ruins of his palace and taken refuge in Yemen's rugged hill country, whose warlike tribes have traditionally been loyal...
Clouded Claims. Ever since, helped by money and supplies from the uneasy monarchs of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, the Imam and his tribal warriors have been inching doggedly back toward San'a. President Sallal appealed for help to Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, an old friend of the Imam but an even more implacable foe of the oil-rich desert dynasties who were helping Badr. Nasser rushed in Egyptian troops, whose Soviet-made guns, tanks and jets make them the Arab world's most formidable fighting force...
Though the republicans had not in fact won the whole country, the U.S. decided reluctantly last December to recognize Sallal's regime, having first won Nasser's promise to withdraw his troops. Egypt's President has not only failed to honor his pledge but has actually raised the expeditionary force to 23,000 troops on the pretext that Britain, Saudi Arabia and Jordan have all sent in forces to help the Imam. Britain, which has not recognized Sallal, fears that Egyptian penetration of the Arabian Peninsula will isolate its oil fields and deal a crippling blow...
Fearful lest the hot little war engulf the entire Middle East, the U.N. last week sent Ralph Bunche, a veteran Middle East troubleshooter who is trusted by both sides, to discuss a solution with representatives of Sallal and the Imam; from Yemen he will go to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan...