Word: talhouni
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Palace Plot? In any showdown with the fedayeen, Hussein can count on the loyalty of Jordan's 20,000 Bedouins, whom he has recently been placing in army units, but not on his politicians. Last week angry fedayeen leaders called on Hussein's Prime Minister, Bahjat Talhouni, to claim that they had discovered a palace plot to arrest some commandos and pressure politicians to cease supporting them. As Palestinian refugees braced for battle, the Cabinet sided with the fedayeen, conceding them full freedom of movement and promising to resign en masse should the plan go through...
...Ministers may not have the chance to resign. Informed in London of the Cabinet's truckling, a furious Hussein privately spoke of dismissing Talhouni and the Cabinet. It is obvious that Hussein will somehow either have to cow the fedayeen or bow entirely to their will, forgoing any chance of peace with Israel. Last week the largest fedayeen organization, El Fatah, for the first time called a press conference. Its spokesman declared its total rejection of any political settlement in the Middle East. As Hussein returns to his capital this week, the King must be only too well aware...
Suddenly disenchanted with the ineffectual, corrupt administration of his Premier, Bahjat Talhouni, Hussein fired his entire government. As his new Premier, Hussein chose a tough ex-army officer, Wasfi Tal, 41, who promptly gathered an entirely new Jordanian team, including six graduates from such institutions as Yale and Princeton. Like the King, he was obviously impressed by Washington. Said Wasfi fal: "We are beginning a New Frontier for Jordan...
...Arabs suffered a similar tremor seven months ago when Israel admitted it was constructing a 24,000-kw. nuclear reactor). Presumably, any nation that can send a rocket winging 50 miles up for wind data can readjust its flight for military purposes. Jordan's Prime Minister Bahjat Talhouni said his government was "extremely concerned...
...brother Mohammed. The Cabinet preferred even Toni to Mohammed, but still threatened to resign if the marriage went through. Finally Hussein made a concession: his bride would not be Queen, but "shall be called Muna al Hussein [the wish of Hussein], with no title or position." Gratefully, Premier Bahjat Talhouni declared that his soul was filled with admiration for "the partner of your life who shares with you indifference to title or position...