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...them after their last defeat. As for De Gaulle, he lately has sounded just a shade conciliatory. "The Israelis think I am an enemy," he told President Nixon in Paris. "This is untrue. I carry their hopes for peace and security in my heart." The British, who want the Suez open again, usually back...
...other men. After two such illnesses, it seemed impossible that Ike would run for reelection. But he did. "I want to finish what I have started," he said. On the eve of election, he was confronted with two simultaneous crises, the Hungarian Revolution and the Anglo-French invasion of Suez. Ike did nothing to stop the Russians in Hungary?there was almost nothing he could do?but he put a fast brake on the European allies. In both instances, his judgment was probably correct. Suez might have been avoided by more astute American diplomacy, however, and the Eisenhower Administration...
...Guaranteed Israeli navigation through the Suez and the Strait of Tiran...
...their own losses at five soldiers killed, 26 wounded, two vehicles destroyed, and a Piper Cub downed by a Soviet-made SA-2 missile. The Egyptians admitted to four soldiers killed, 39 wounded and 72 civilian casualties, as well as extensive damage to 14 oil tanks at the Suez and Nasr refineries...
...Abdel Monem Riad, the most highly regarded officer in any Arab country. Artilleryman Riad had flown to Ismailia for a firsthand look at the shelling, when he was struck by what the Israelis termed a "lucky" direct hit. Perhaps as a mark of soldierly respect, the guns along the Suez were silent for Riad's funeral next day. Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser led a parade of more than 100,000 mourners through Cairo, who broke into chants of "Gamal, Gamal, to the canal...