Word: iraqization
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...Enemies of Premier Abdul Karim Kassem, the man who is strategic Iraq's chief bulwark against a Communist takeover, charge that he himself flirted with Communism in his youth. Kassem himself recently told a TIME correspondent: "I don't care about parties . . . They can call us Communists or anything else if they like." Incidentally, the main reason Kassem rides through Baghdad every afternoon is not to receive the applause of the crowds, but to visit his suburban home for a bath: the Defense Ministry, where Kassem sleeps, has no bathroom...
PORT SAID, April 6--Egyptian authorities in Port Said said a Soviet ship with 855 fully armed men of Kurdish origin sailed through the Suez Canal last night, bound for turbulent Iraq. Such a landing would raise a new and significant threat in the sensitive oil producing areas of the Middle East...
...report passed through the censorship of Egypt, now engaged in a violent propaganda war with Iraq. The sketchy account provided few details. But if the report is true, it could foretoken a new cold war explosion over the Middle East...
...When TIME's Denis Fodor arrived in Baghdad that day on a plane from Beirut, with a valid visa for Iraq, he was refused permission to stay...
...aluminum army hut hurriedly set up on the border between Syria and Lebanon. There, protected by tanks and antiaircraft guns, he met Lebanon's President Fuad Chehab for the first time. Reported gist of their agreement: Chehab would back Nasser in his dispute with Iraq if Nasser guaranteed that he would not try to incorporate Lebanon into his United Arab Republic...