Word: iraqui
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strongly pro-Western King Faisal II, and Premier Nuri el-Said, Iraq has pursued a policy of opposing Soviet infiltration in the Middle East. She is, however, not entirely pro-West, as was demonstrated last Saturday when Faisal spoke of "beloved Egypt" and regretted her "present woes." There are Iraqui elements which are far more Kremlin-inclined than Faisal or el-Said, and which would ally Iraq with the Syrian and Egyptian camps if they could gain power. Some observers sense a gradual anti-West drift in Iraq, but do not find it alarmingly serious...
Internal sentiments in both countries reenforce the major political forces. In Syria, long-nurtured anti-West popular resentment supports Saraj and his pro-Nassar position. In Iraq, popular sentiment stands behind el-Said, and his dream of Arab unity under Iraqui, pro-Western leadership...