Word: pyrrhic
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Outlook for Hussein. For the King, his clouded victory in the civil war could well prove a Pyrrhic one. The fedayeen are too strongly entrenched throughout the Arab world for Hussein to eliminate them. Never a favorite among his fellow Arab rulers, the King has now lost almost all support. Palestinians living under Israeli occupation on the Jordan's west bank last week talked proudly of "our revolution." Algeria and Libya, at one point during the civil war, made moves to join on the side of the fedayeen. Libya also cut off its annual $25.2 million subsidy to Jordan...