Word: syria
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ever since the ruling Baath Party in Syria and Iraq fell out with Gamal Abdel Nasser, damping hopes of a new Arab federation, the Baathists have loudly maintained that there was still room for cooperation with Egypt's strongman. Last week their thin façade split crashingly apart. On the very day originally set for a plebiscite in the three countries to form a tripartite nation, the Baathist high command denounced Nasser by name and called on Egyptians to rise up against...
Last week, with both countries having brought complaints to an emergency session of the Security Council (its 202nd session on a Palestine-related issue), the U.N.'s truce chief on the scene, Norwegian Lieut. General Odd Bull, left little doubt that Syria had been the aggressor. Backed up by photographs, spent bullets and diagrams, Bull's report told of finding "two dead bodies riddled with holes; a tractor with numerous bullet holes; a magazine from an automatic weapon; a lever handle from a grenade; ... a pool of blood where one man allegedly had been shot, leaving part...
...Russians, who in the past have usually threatened to use their veto in support of the Arabs, backed Moroccan amendments watering down the U.S.British resolution; the Moroccan version avoided condemnation of Syria and merely registered "regrets for the death of two persons...
...Yugoslavia favor Peking's admission, but with waning enthusiasm), Moscow could make headway by supporting the Afro-Asian drive for membership in the U.N. Security and Economic and Social councils. Tito also said that Russia is being too doctrinaire in writing off Afro-Asian countries such as Syria, Algeria, Egypt and Iraq, which have outlawed local Communist parties. Since most of the emerging states are adopting one-party socialist governments anyway, said Tito, the Soviets should back them for the time being, worry about pushing Communism later...
Perhaps seeking the comfort of friends, Premier Bitar announced an impending conference of Baathist leaders from Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and "certain other countries" that he refused to name. The announced purpose: to seek a "new political strategy basis for future activity in the Middle East." Not to be outdone, Nasser called for a giant rally of all Arab nationalist movements, to elect a supreme council...