Word: syria
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...December, the 550-mile oil pipeline stretching from Kirkuk, Iraq, across 305 miles of Syria to the Mediterranean ports of Baniyas and Tripoli went as dry as the arid land through which it snakes. The reason: in a dispute with Western-owned, London-based Iraq Petroleum Co.* over transit and terminal fees, socialist Syria squelched the flow...
Last week a settlement was reached, and Syria turned the valves to start the 950,000 bbl. a day of crude oil gurgling once again toward the coast. That night Premier Youssef Zayyen, 36, went on radio and TV to declare "a triumph of the struggling masses over Western monopolies." Following his speech, the audience again heard the lyrics of a song written especially for the crisis...
...Egyptian forces on the Sinai Peninsula in 1956 without even being fully mobilized. Though not given to formalities-"If the soldiers feel like saluting, they may if they want to," says one officer-the Israelis are superbly trained and motivated fighters. Israel can command some 250,000 men (v. Syria's 60,000) within 72 hours. Under Premier David Ben-Gurion, the nation decided that its security was best assured by armored units and paratroops capable of striking deep into enemy territory. The army is thus divided into three regional commands, and some of its officers believe that...
...these redoubts from the air, flying in French supersonic Mirage bombers and Skyhawk attack planes recently bought in the U.S. During the Sinai drive, Israel relied on only a few squadrons of French Mysteres for air protection. Now it has some 500 combat jets-four times as many as Syria. It can transport its troops in helicopters. It can roll up 160-mm. mortars and modified Shermans with 105-mm. guns so accurate that they knocked out three of Syria's Russian-made tanks across the border two weeks...
...many Israelis are eager to teach the Syrians a lesson. "How many 18-year-old Cohens have to be killed before the government activates our legitimate right to national self-defense?" cried Knesset Opposition Leader Menahem Beigin about a youth killed by a Syrian mine. Both Israel and Syria last week accepted U.N. Secretary-General U Thant's plea for talks on farming rights within the demilitarized zone, but the Israelis are skeptical. They believe that Syria is intent only on challenging Israel's territorial rights...