Into Jordan's Amman International Airport last week flew an unaccustomed visitor: King Feisal of Saudi Arabia, whose father's desert warriors drove Jordan's Hashemite dynasty out of Arabia 40 years ago. Last week the family feud was forgotten as the Jordanian army boomed out a 21-gun salute, and Feisal and Jordan's King Hussein exchanged embraces and bussed one another warmly on each cheek.
Ahead were seven days of banquets, military inspections and private talks. And if the rumors being spread by the Arab socialist press could be believed, what they would be talking about was a conservative anti-Nasser "Islamic alliance" among Jordan,...
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