IRAQ: The Meaning of Ally

For the first time, Premier Karim Kassem publicly jostled President Nasser for his place in Arab leadership.

"We are out of foreign alliances," the gaunt, black-browed Iraqi general told a press conference, after his victory over army rivals who favored a merger with the United Arab Republic. "The Baghdad Pact is less than a shadow. The word 'ally' applies only to Arab sister countries in our eyes."

Then he went on to take positions on the two problems that currently most agitate Arabs everywhere: "Had I been able to do so, I would have...