The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 90)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 90)

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segments of the population. Its exceptional deeds did not
pass unnoticed by the Egyptian, or for that matter, the
Syrian authorities. The latter took special interest in the
activities of the Arab Nationalists. Colonel Abdul Hamid
al-Sarraj, then the strongman of Syria, trained and equipped
members of the ANM from Syria, Lebanon as well as Jordan,
to join the underground movement against the Hashemite
monarchy of Jordan.?°
As the Jordanian "battle" dragged on through 1958,
the Arab Nationalists were confronted by more urgent problems
elsewhere. In the first place, the emergence of the United
Arab Republic mobilized a host of political forces ranging
from the extreme left to the extreme right against the newly
created state. In the second place, the political conflict
over Lebanon's stand in Arab and world affairs was dangerously
dividing the Lebanese, and the country was on the verge of
civil war. These cardinal problems, in addition to some
lesser ones dealing with the situation in Iraq and Kuwait,
were the subject of serious discussions by the national
leadership of the ANM early in summer 1958. It was resolved
in the above discussions that Lebanon should be given the
priority over Jordan on the agenda of the national leadership
because of the deteriorating situation there. The ANM feared
that the government of the United States was trying to build
a pro-Western bloc against the United Arab Republic by
inducing Lebanon and Saudi Arabia to co-operate with Jordan
l3statement by anonymous, personal interview,
July 21, 1967.

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party

تاريخ

1971-02-07

المنشئ

Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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