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Next in jeopardy was Lebanon, the half-Moslem, half-Christian nation which has been torn for two months by an internal revolt against pro-Western President Camille Chamoun, which is aided and abetted by arms, men and radio encouragement from Nasser. At the beginning of the week, both weary sides were reportedly ready to agree on Army Chief Fuad Shehab as new President. But success of the revolt in Iraq undoubtedly would set the Lebanese rebels against any compromise...
Beyond these two concerned countries stood Israel, which was in no mood to be entirely surrounded by Nasser's Arabs, and might resume the war against Nasser it abandoned so reluctantly in 1956. Also deeply involved was Britain, whose oil wealth lies in Iraq, and for whom Iraq is the last major bastion in the Middle East...
Meanwhile Nasser was in Yugoslavia, holidaying after his visit with Tito. When he gets back home, Nasser will find that things have changed in the Middle East, and the whole world convinced that he who had most to gain by the changes undoubtedly had a hand in their taking place...
Nuri asSaid was the Arab world's sworn enemy of Nasser, who proclaimed Arab "positive neutrality" in the cold war. In many respects it was an unequal battle: Iraq has fewer than 6,000,000 people, Egypt more than 22 million. When Nasser seized power in neighboring Syria last February and proclaimed the United Arab Republic, Iraq countered on February 14 by merging with its Hashemite brother, Jordan, in the Arab Union, Iraq's King Feisal became the head of the union, but the Constitution provided that in his absence, authority would pass to his young cousin, King...
...capita income has advanced from $84 to $140. But this slow progress against immense poverty, illness and illiteracy had to contend constantly with the cries of Arab nationalism, the eroding torrent of abuse and incitement to revolt that poured from Cairo Radio, and the intrigues of Nasser-minded army officers...