Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fears the deep involvement with the Russians, and a pious hope that Nasser will stand by his promise to U.S. Ambassador Henry Byroade not to use his new arms to attack Israel. Nasser himself, however, was still flexing his muscles. Last week he added a military defense alliance with Saudi Arabia to a similar pact just signed with Syria. Three days after Israelis raided a border post held by his Syrian allies (killing three). Nasser's troops attacked an Israeli southern border "checkpoint." killing one. Next night 300 Israeli soldiers struck back at an Egyptian camel-corps post...
...deal elevated Nasser to a role he has coveted for some time, cock of the walk with the Arab world. Saudi Arabia urged all the Arab governments to follow Nasser's example. Said Saudi Arabia's Premier-Crown Prince Feisal: "The purchase of arms means the purchase of steel, not the purchase of ideologies." Even in Lebanon, the Arab country most closely oriented toward the U.S., the Chamber of Deputies passed a resolution unanimously supporting Egypt. Though it will be some time before the arms deal has the desired effect, Nasser felt strong enough to shout his plans...
...soldier to impose order on its East Mediterranean bastion (see below). Russia, meanwhile, sent a polite note to all three Western powers to express its belief that any nation can buy weapons wherever it pleases. To prove its point, Russia already was busy offering its wares to Syria and Saudi Arabia. In other words, this talk of disarmament and the "spirit of Geneva" was all right in its place and time-but not in the Middle East while the other fellow's back is turned...
...tune, and as a result, he was in fairly constant trouble with his boss. Once on a diplomatic visit to Iraq, Salem impulsively waved aside all Egyptian objections to a pact between Iraq and its neighbors, Syria and Jordan. Egypt's closest ally, King Saud of Saudi Arabia, promptly raised a howl of protest, and Nasser hastily sent Salem off on a "leave of absence." He flew into a fit of temperament that only his older brother, Wing Commander Gamal Salem, the Deputy Premier, was able to smooth over. Again, at a diplomatic conference in India, he became...
...eyes of Queen Elizabeth, later saw Martine finish out of the money. Hiding behind dark glasses and displaying her customary distaste for photographers, Greta Garbo arrived in Monte Carlo, was photographed strolling the streets just before she boarded Greek Shipping Magnate Aristotle Onassis' yacht, which was bound for Saudi Arabia, with stops along the way at Capri and Venice...