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...Imam's friends have been the Imam's ene mies. Three weeks ago, a trusted bodyguard shot the old man down as he was visiting cronies in the Hodeida Hospital. Eight Italian surgeons were rushed from Rome, and the Imam's probable heir, ambitious Crown Prince Seif el Islam el Badr, 35, summoned all governors and deputy governors to confer with him in Hodeida. Since such meetings usually precede the election of a new Imam, many Yemenis were convinced that the Defend er of the Faith was dying. The prudent people of Yemen will believe it when...
Much of the latest bloodletting results from the aging Imam's efforts to make sure that his favorite son, Seif el Islam el Badr, gets the Imamate when the old man dies. Crown Prince Badr is a nice young man, introduced by Egypt's Nasser to anti-imperialist slogans and Russian technicians, but thus far Badr has displayed none of the bloodthirsty toughness required to seize and keep the Imamate. Three months ago. suffering from arthritis, rheumatism and heart trouble, the Imam traipsed off to Italy for a rest cure, traveling light with only one wife...
Last week the British moved on the diplomatic front to secure the two pivots of the new command. Into London, with a jeweled dagger in his belt, flew Seif el Islam Mohammed el Badr, 28-year-old Crown Prince of Yemen, the feudal Arab kingdom that borders on the Aden protectorate. With his aged father ailing, the bearded young prince now rules the country. Last year he negotiated in Moscow for shipments of Soviet arms, but recently has shown signs of nervousness over Soviet penetration. The British hoped to persuade him to help restore peace on the Aden-Yemen border...
...obviously for a celebration, from a DC-3 that had flown in from Cairo. Historic Beersheba, crossroads of the Negeb desert, had been the last stumbling block. By dint of arms, the Jews had Beersheba, and they believed it indispensable as a base for their desert reclamation projects. Before Seif edDin would give it up formally, he had to fly to Cairo for his government's consent. If he got consent, he told the correspondents, he would bring back a little something for a party...
...labors, said Walter Eytan, had been "superhuman." Said Seif edDin: "One of the world's greatest men." A somewhat backhanded tribute also came from a young U.S. Army officer, a Southerner, who is a member of Bundle's staff: "I always swore I'd never work for a Nigra. Well, Dr. Bunche is a real man. His color just happens to be a little different...