July 16, 1958 (vol. 68, iss. 15) • Page Image 1
… WILLIAM SPODAK "It is till too early to be sure what course events in the Middle East will take," was the general opinion of Arab students ques- tioned about the present crisis. However, most were in agree…
…- ment about four main points: 1) The revolts in both Iraq and Lebanon are not, most students emphatically agreed, Communist- inspired. On the contrary most Arabs are anti-Communist, wish- ing to be free…
… of all foreign influ- ence and .maintain a policy of "positive neutralism." Nasser to Benefit 2) President Gamal Abdel Nas- ser, of the United Arab Republic, is not behind these events, though he will…
… probably stand to benefit from them. Rather, Arab nation- alism and the desire for Arab uni- ty were viewed as thermotivating factors behind these revolts. 3) Both revolts are the internal affairs of the…
… respective countries and for them to settle, not the Western powers. 4) The United States should have waited for United Nations action before sending her troops into Lebanon, for Arab opinion will be…
… States ac- tion, with or without Anglo- French forces, will greatly wors- en the situation. "One Arab nation is the dream of all Arabs," said Kana'an J. Al- Komser, Grad., of Iraq, and there "will soon be…
… a union of all Arab peoples." Who will head the union, Al-Komser was not sure, but if Nasser proves himself the most able, the people will elect him. Nasser, he continued, is the sym- bol of Arab…




