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...Cairo, President Gamal Abdel Nasser acted like an ex-champion seeking a successful comeback. He lost much of his claim for the title of Arab leadership in 1961, when an army coup wrenched Syria from its short-lived merger with Egypt in the United Arab Republic. That left Nasser without a single Arab ally, and surrounded by such virulent enemies as Iraq's Dictator Kassem and the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Then came last month's Iraqi revolution and the overthrow of Kassem. No one could blame Egypt's leader for harking back...
Tribute to Mother. With this in mind, Nasser mounted a platform in Cairo's vast Republic Square last week to celebrate the fifth anniversary of his defunct United Arab Republic. Strings of Ramadan lights outlined the mosques and minarets, and a crowd of 20,000 jammed the square protected from the cold night air by a siwan, a "hall" roofed and walled by brightly colored canvas. "Union! Union! Union! Nasser! Nasser! Nasser!" roared the mob. What it got was a little less than Nasser had hoped for. The leaders of the Iraqi delegation to the celebration, Deputy Premier...
...ministers are either members of or closely linked to the Baath (renaissance) Party. More an idea than an ideology, the basic Baath doctrine insists that "there are no Arab nations; there is only one Arab nation." This creed is, of course, warmly embraced by Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, but Aref and Iraq's Baath Party seem hardly eager to fall under Cairo's domination. The Baathist leaders in Iraq, in fact, have reshaped their doctrine of Arab unity into a concept of federation of Arab states without a centralized dictatorship. This could mean anything, including...
...moment (though victories are often perishable in Arab politics), the revolt seemed an impressive triumph for Egypt's Nasser, even if he had no direct hand in it. If so, there would be trouble for the hard-pressed kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as for the British-protected sheiks of the Persian Gulf. "Kassem has gone; soon Kings Saud and Hussein will go too," said a complacent Egyptian in Cairo. But first, Nasser's supporters were confident that the Iraqi coup would set off a succession of uprisings in neighboring Syria, which has already...
Spurned Fortune. In Cairo, under Nasser's protection, Krim worked with other North African exiles for the independence of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. But he was disgusted by the terms on which freedom was won; he claimed they were too favorable to France. His Francophobia deepened with the years, and in 1957 he warned the U.S. against relying on France to defend Europe, adding querulously: "I don't know why the world doesn't catch on to those French-they're stupid, weak, stubborn and selfish." After Morocco won its independence. King Mohammed V tried...