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Nosser Blasts Kossem Again
As Fovoring Red Terror Reign

his was the strongest at
tack Col. Nasser has yet made
on Gen. Kassem. Speaking to
students demonstrating before
the presidential palace. he used
words much harsher than he
did yesterday when he criti-
cized Gen. Kassem for hostility
to the United Arab Republic
Col. Nasser alluded to the
strength Of the UAR air force,
but he avoided saber-rattling.
Won't Attack Brothers
1--WE are determined never to
attack another Arab state or
kill another Arab brother" he
said in explanation of why the
VAR had simply protested re-
ported Haqi air attack Tuesday
on a Syrian village.
The attack had attended
Baghdad announcements of
the collapse of the nationalist
rebellion against Gen. Kas-
sem's Communist influenced
regime.
I'VE are capable of return
ing the blow double, but we
refrained from doing so be-
cause the villages we would
have hit are purely Arab vii
lagos, with which we have close
Arab ties" Col. NaSSer said.
The UAR government pro-
tested to Iraq that Iraqi war
planes strafed the village of
Hamoudiya during raids on
neighboring Iraqi villages in
MoShl Province across the bor-
defs
There has been speculation
that the strafing might have
developed by mistake during
pursuit of rebels fleeing toward
Syria.
Col. NaSser implied. however,
he felt the incident was DELHI
crate.
Denies JAR Instigation
Col. NaSser denied that the
Mosul rebellion was instigated
by the UAR, prepayment of
Arab neutrality in East West
affairs.
Instead, he said, the revolt
Of Col. Abdel Wahab Shawaf's
forces sprang from opposition
OF the people 10 "a reign of
Communist terror and perse-
cution OF free officers and Arab
nationaliSts in Iraq."
Everybody Al the world
knows the Shawl revolt was not
inspired by a foreign power or
the UAR," ne said. When
1raq's KaSSem accused you tthe
UAR) he was just trying to
justify his position as regards
the persecution campaign"
Col. Nasser accused Gen.
Kassem OF using the same tao
tics as the late pro- Western
regime of Premier Nuri Said in
trying TO drive a wedge be-
tween the Iraqi people and the
UAR, assuming that by this
policy he would divide the Arab
nations to strengthen COM
muniSm in the arab world and
bring the Arab sphere under
Communist terror, as in Iraq."
Attacks Arab Reds
Col. NaSser continued savage
attacks on Arab Communists,
against whom ne has been
campaigning for months. He
again called them agents of a
foreign power who believe in
subordination and want to
drag their country into foreign
spheres Of influence" His anti
Red campaign has centered in
Syria.
Taking their cue from Col.
Nasser's bitter speech yeSter-
day. the Cairo press branded
Gen. Kassem a Communist
agent.
Young schoolgirls in black
and-white uniforms hoisted big
UAR flags and marched to
the presidential residence where
Col. Nasser is staying. One
small pupil with pink ribbons
tied to her pigtails led class
mates in chants denouncing
Gen. Kassem and proclaiming
Arab solidarity.
Oder students also converged
on Col. Nasser's headquarters
as anti-Kassem fever mounted.
Shawaf Labeled Hero
Cairo papers pinned the hero
label on the slain leader of the
brief. abortive army revolt in
Irac. Col. Shawaf.
THE world said AL Ahram.
"has witnessed the true face of
Kassem, another face of (for-
mer Iraqi Premier) Nuri Said,
a distorted continuation Of Nuri
and a paid agent just as Nuri
was"
This was a pointed reminder
of the days before Gen. Kas-
SENS forces overthrow the pro-
Western Nuri and killed him.
In those days the West had its
money on Mr.. Nuri and Russia
was backing Col. Nasser for the
leadership of the Arab world.
Now the Communists were on
Gen. ,Kassem'S side and Col.
Nasser was blasting them.
There was a sharp split be-
tween the Communists in Iraq
and. Moscow, however. The
Iraoi Reds accused Col. NaSser
Of fomenting the revolt. Mos
COW. was trying to blame the
West. but the Soviet propa-
ganda did not appear to be
having much effect on the dis
putants.
sNasser Hanged In Efiigy
In Baghdad, crowds hanged
Col. Nasser in effigy and
blamed him tor the brief, I'M
successful army revolt against