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Re: [L-OT] Suez Incident

2001-09-27 by Wilson Zorn

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
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> > 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"
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