Sorry all I sent this before realizing that we were having some issues at work with our outbound mail - so lucky you, you got it over 12 hours, well after everyone answered. Oh well... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilson Zorn" <wilson.zorn@...> To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [L-OT] Suez Incident > I couldn't remember but was too curious not to look it up, it rang a bell > but I couldn't quite get it. Egypt nationalized the canal in 1956. America > did not get involved with a British-French invasion, apparently in no small > part because America was not informed of the attack. The US disavowed the > approach, NATO had a relatively minor crisis as a result. Given that the > USSR was looking to exploit this opportunity as they believed the Egyptians > would let them through the canal, it was a fairly contentious moment within > the US as without. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <GAmoore@...> > To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>; <basharar@...> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:37 AM > Subject: [L-OT] Suez Incident > > > > Hey does anyone remember what the Suez Incident was? I think it was in > > 1956 and the US took the side of the Arabs against England and France. > > This came up on another list, and no one can remember exactly what > > happened. > > > > Billy Joel makes reference to it in his song "We Didn't Start the Fire" > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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Re: [L-OT] Suez Incident
2001-09-27 by Wilson Zorn
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