Word: yemenis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wasn't only the peril of dodging Egyptian fire; once, miles from the front, a bullet whizzed by, and then as he flattened himself, an other. Out from the brush, rifle in hand, came a woman. "I thought he was an Egyptian," she said. Among the galabiya-wearing Yemeni, only Egyptians are known to wear pants, and "your trousered correspondent" became an obvious target. De Carvalho emerged after 23 days in Yemen with a vivid story (TIME, March 8), establishing that the battle for Yemen was not going as Cairo said it was. Last week De Carvalho...
...After a 60-minute session with Yemen's Strongman Abdullah Sallal, Bunche declared, "I was most impressed by his earnestness, sincerity, strength and seriousness of purpose." Stopping off in Cairo on his way home, Bunche conferred for two hours with Nasser, then saw newsmen. He emphasized that the Yemeni people he saw supported Sallal's government "in a positive way." The radio voice of the royalist tribesmen fighting to restore the Imam plaintively begged Bunche to visit the areas they controlled "and see the real truth-see the roads, ravines and mountains of Yemen littered with Egyptian dead...
...Saudi Arabian border, traveling a total of 1,000 miles by camel, donkey, car and shoe leather without once leaving royalist-held territory (see map). Along the way, Correspondent De Carvalho was repeatedly shot at by Egyptian fighter planes, tanks, mortars, and artillery, saw two of his six Yemeni guards killed and one wounded in battle...
...most areas, the royalists limit themselves to hit-and-run guerrilla raids, but here they are taking and holding ground, attacking steadily and advancing on a wide front. Reports De Carvalho: "The incredible fact is that the Egyptians are losing in Yemen. Ragged, barefoot Yemeni tribesmen, armed only with ancient rifles and faith in Allah, are kicking hell out of Nasser's elite troops despite their overpowering Soviet equipment, overwhelmingly superior firepower, and unchallenged airpower...
...Nasser has apparently had to call up the reserves. Complained Sergeant Ibrahim Mohsin Alkati, 32, who was a Cairo truck mechanic before he was recalled to duty: "I didn't even know there was a war on in Yemen. I thought we were supposed to help train the Yemeni republican army...