Word: transjordanians
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...midday of May 14, Egyptian forces had advanced deep into the southern Negev. An Iraqi column moved toward the Jordan river. The Transjordanian Arab Legion was arrayed along the river. On the upper reaches of the Jordan, a Syrian brigade was ready to attack the villages in the valley. Apart from the impetuous Egyptians who had already printed stamps to commemorate their "imminent victory," the Arab governments were awaiting the Mandate's last official hour before launching their attack...
...Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan left British control in 1946. The state of Israel was proclaimed two years later. In the Arab-Israeli war that followed, Abdullah's Transjordanian Arab Legion was the only one of seven armies to make a creditable showing against the Israelis...
Flung together in confining cities, the various Transjordanian ethnic groups are intermingling, and substituting political allegiance for tribal or ethnic ones. In a country where no formal political parties are allowed to function, the urban Jordanian turns increasingly to the fedayeen, mostly because of the guerrillas' commitment to defeating Israel but also because they are attracted by the emerging social cohesion of the Palestinians...
Miss Bell, no less an inspired genius, retained her grip. Though she blew up no bridges, conquered no cities, she was ready to take up the task of putting on its feet the revamped kingdom of Irak- Irak, key to the Transjordanian route to India...
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