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	Arab League - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Arab League, formal name of the League of Arab States, a voluntary association of independent countries whose peoples are mainly Arabic speaking....
		The Jordanian army, known at that time as the Arab Legion, joined with the armed forces of the other nations of the Arab League in a concerted attack...
		The Arab League was originally set up to increase economic cooperation between Arab States without a formal union; it became increasingly concerned...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Arab_League.html (146 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Slinging out the David-Goliath myth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Arab Legion units reach Latrun and consolidate blockade of coastal road to Jewish quarters in Jerusalem.
		ARAB PLAN OF WAR: The Arab armies' plan was not finally approved until 10 May, when the political committee of the Arab League met in Damascus with the military commanders and approved their plans after lengthy deliberations.
		Although the Arab Legion failed to recapture any part of the areas of West Jerusalem, which had fallen into the hands of the Zionist gangs earlier, the saving of the Old City was the major achievement the Arab attained at that stage--and possibly through the whole war.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/381/myth.htm (2753 words)

	The Arab Legion
		The Arab Legion was reduced to 900 men as a result and its artillery and signals disbanded.
		In April 1941, the Arab Legion Mechanised Regiment was assigned to the force and assembled in the desert at the Iraq Petroleum Company’s oil pipeline pumping station known as H4 (the pipeline ran from the oil fields in Iraq, through Trans-Jordan to the port of Haifa in Palestine).
		The Arab Legion Mechanised Regiment left patrols and garrisons at H4 and Rutbah and the 250 remaining men joined a flying column, ‘Kingcol’, which was to go on ahead of the main force to relieve the RAF garrison at Habbaniya.
	homepages.force9.net /rothwell/trans-jo.htm (3668 words)

	What Happened to Arab Refugees from Israel
		Although 35,000 Arabs eventually returned under a family reunification plan, further implementation of the offer was suspended in the 1950's, after it became clear that the Arab states steadfastly refused to consider Israel's peace overtures, preferring instead to maintain a state of war with and economic boycott against Israel.
		Arab leaders argued that Paragraph Eleven of General Assembly Resolution 194 of December 1948 guaranteed the refugees the right to return to their homes, and that they could not participate in any scheme that might compromise such a right.
		Arab governments have made no attempt to assist their own people to resettle or integrate with their host countries, in marked contrast to the outcome for the Jewish refugees in Israel or, indeed, refugees in every other world trouble spot.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_independence_refugees_arabs_what.php (1514 words)

	Jordan - History - The Tragedy of Palestine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Arabs were outraged by the implication that they were the intruders in Palestine, when in fact at the end of World War II they accounted for about 90% of the population.
		Of all the Arab armies engaged in the defense of Palestine, the one which defended Arab land most successfully was Jordan’s Arab Legion.
		The Arab Legion and the Defense of Jerusalem
	www.kinghussein.gov.jo /his_palestine.html (1882 words)

	Israel and the Arab Coalition in 1948
		Five Arab armies were on the move, dashing the hope of a peaceful partition of Palestine that lay at the heart of this accord.
		The IDF had numerical superiority in manpower over all the Arab expeditionary forces put together, but it suffered from a chronic weakness in firepower, a weakness that was not rectified until the arrival of illicit arms shipments from the Eastern bloc during the first truce.
		Salih Sa’ib al-Jubury, the Iraqi chief of staff, claimed that it was the failure of the Arab Legion to carry out the mission assigned to it in the overall invasion plan that exposed his own army to attacks from the Israelis and prevented it from achieving its aims.
	www.fathom.com /course/72810001/session3.html (3353 words)

	Requiem for Arab Nationalism - Middle East Quarterly
		Arab nationalism found itself squeezed out of the political arena by the dominance of state nationalism at the official level, and radical Islam at the popular level.
		Arab nationalists advocated the rejuvenation of the Arab nation, its political unity, its secularism, and its sovereignty.
		By then, Arab cultural nationalism had emerged triumphant over other competing ideologies and identities, capturing the hearts and minds of that quintessentially nationalist generation, a generation that fervently believed in Arab nationalism as the elixir by which a glittering past would be transformed into a glorious future.
	www.meforum.org /article/518 (8104 words)

	Israel and the Arab Coalition in 1948
		The line that the Arab Legion was being prevented from using its full strength against the Jews, both through the treachery of the British officers and the withholding of supplies by the British government, was actively propagated by the Syrian and Iraqi officers and by ‘Azzam Pasha.
		The suspicion that Glubb was secretly working to impose on the Arabs London's policy of partition accounted for the virtual breakdown of the relations between the two Hashemite armies and for the Iraqi branch jealously guarding its freedom of action.
		Whatever the long-term future of the Arab government of Palestine, its immediate purpose, as conceived by its Egyptian sponsors, was to provide a focal point of opposition to ‘Abdullah and serve as an instrument for frustrating his ambition to federate the Arab regions with Transjordan.
	www.fathom.com /course/72810001/session4.html (1761 words)

	John Bagot Glubb Summary
		Arab nationalists believed that he had been the force behind pressure that made King Hussein I of Jordan join the Baghdad Pact.
		During the World War II he led attacks on Arab leaders in Iraq, as well as the Vichy regime which was present in Lebanon and Syria.
		On 15 May, 1948 Glubb led the Arab Legion across the Jordan to occupy the West Bank, not expecting to fight for it because of the understanding between the Jewish Agency and King Abdullah.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Bagot_Glubb (1439 words)

	Forums at the Society - Arab Legion
		In the Israeli war of independance in 1948 the arab legion was was considered by the Israelies to be by far the best of the arab troops.
		The arab Legion was the basis for the modern Jordanian army and is one of the main reasons for both the close links of Jordan to Britian and also for the well regarded professionalism of the Jordanian military.
		The tradition of the arab legion are in no small way the reason that the current and passed kings of Jordan are graduates of Sandhurst.
	www.militaryhorse.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5795 (199 words)

	Jordan TRANSJORDAN - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		His motive for ordering the Arab Legion into action was expressly to secure the portion of Palestine allocated to the Arabs by the 1947 UN resolution.
		Other Arab Legion units occupied Hebron to the south and fanned out through Samaria to the north (Samaria equates to the northern part of the West Bank--see Glossary).
		By the end of 1948, the areas held by the Arab Legion and the Gaza Strip, held by the Egyptians, were the only parts of the former Mandate of Palestine remaining in Arab hands.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/jordan/jordan_history_transjordan.html (1343 words)

	Jordanian Armor
		A land unwanted by either the British or the French, the Amir Abdullah, second son of King Hussein and former General of the Arab Army during the operations in the Hejaz, was asked to accept the sovereignty of the land east of the Jordan River, known as Trans-Jordan in 1921.
		The Force was redesigned The Mechanized Regiment of the Arab Legion (of battalion strength).
		The Arab Legion ended the war as a static unit protecting strategic resources and communications in the Middle East.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/Jordan/Jordan.html (633 words)

	Israel - Israeli Arabs, Arab Land, and Arab Refugees
		Palestinian Arab refugees insist that they were driven out of their homeland by Jewish terrorists and regular Jewish military forces; the government of Israel asserts that the invading Arab forces urged the Palestinian Arabs to leave their houses temporarily to avoid the perils of the war that would end the Jewish intrusion into Arab lands.
		The property of the Arabs who were refugees outside the state and the property expropriated from the Arabs who remained in Israel became a major asset to the new state.
		To the Israeli Arabs, one of the more devastating aspects of the loss of their property was their knowledge that the loss was legally irreversible.
	countrystudies.us /israel/23.htm (1147 words)

	Lessons of the Battles of Latrun
		The Arab states, in particular Egypt, Syria and Transjordan, promptly declared war, and those three countries, with reinforcements from Saudi Arabia and Iraq, invaded both the territory allotted to the Palestinian state to be and territory allotted to Israel.
		However, the Transjordan Legion was the greater threat, because it operated in the center of the country, and threatened to cut off and/or conquer Jerusalem.
		It had been created by the British as the Arab Legion and, though it became the army of Transjordan, it was still officered in large part by the British, and received abundant supplies from Britain in the early part of the War of Independence.
	www.mideastweb.org /latrun.htm (5324 words)

	Kfar Etzion massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Starting early in May, the Arab Legion together with thousands of irregulars who were mostly local Arab villagers began a series of massive assaults on the Etzion settlements.
		The role of the Arab Legion in the massacre is still debated.
		There is no doubt that the Legion led the attack on Kfar Etzion (probably on the explicit orders of Glubb Pasha), and at least a few Legionnaires were present when the massacre began.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kfar_Etzion_massacre (1249 words)

	1948-Israel War of Independence
		The Arab Legion was the best-equipped and trained Arab army; the Legion was commanded by experienced British officers.
		While earlier in the war IsraelÕs policy towards the local Arabs was a mixed one, in these two cities the Arab residents were encouraged to board trucks and were transported to Legion lines.
		Both the Arabs and the Israelis categorically rejected the Bernadottte plan and the unlucky mediator was assassinated in Jerusalem by Jewish extremist on September 17 1948
	www.multied.com /Israel/1948WarofIndependance.html (956 words)

	The Arab Legion and the Defense of Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In particular, the Battle of Jerusalem exemplified the professional and valiant performance of Jordan's Arab Legion.
		In Jerusalem, Arab Muslims fought together as one in resistance to the Zionist invasion.
		Therefore, the Arab Legion's successful recapture and defense of the holy city was a great victory for Arabs and Muslims not only in Palestine, but throughout the world.
	www.jordanembassyus.org /arabLegion.htm (573 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Military History \| Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion
		It was May 23, 1948, and at noon the Arab Legion would launch its long-anticipated attack on the handful of Jewish defenders blocking their entry into West Jerusalem.
		The legion was originally an internal police force organized in 1921 by another Englishman, Lt. Col.
		By the spring of 1931, Glubb had 90 men wearing the legion's uniform--a long, khaki-colored robe with long white sleeves, a red sash across the chest, a red lanyard to hold a revolver, a bandoleer of ammo, and a belt around the middle from which dangled a silver-handled dagger.
	historynet.com /mh/blglubbpasha (1043 words)

	The Iraq coup of Raschid Ali in 1941, the Mufti Husseini and the Farhud (Farhoud)
		The Role of the Arab Legion - Enthusiasts of the Arab Legion have sometimes left the impression that the Arab Legion was the key force in ending the revolt.
		In his Story of the Arab Legion, Glubb relates that their most important task was to find the route to get the motorized transport through the sand dunes safely.
		The Legion force detached itself from the main KingCol column and went north with a diversionary force to act as scouts.
	www.mideastweb.org /iraqaxiscoup.htm (7330 words)

	Britain and Jordan at Mandate End
		The Arab Legion of Transjordan was a British-organized, British-equipped, and British-led force seving the British-installed King Abdullah.
		The outrageous act of bringing the Arab Legion of Abdullah for policing duties a few days after Abdullah had declared that his Legion would fight the Jews in Palestine is probably unequalled in the annals of hypocrisy.
		The Transjordan Arab Legion was involved in fighting against the Jews starting before the termination of the Mandate, including the infamous massacre of the defenders of Kfar-Etzion, south of Jerusalem.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_independence_mandate_end_jordan.php (393 words)

	Arab Legion 1941-42
		In late June 1941 Glubb Pasha (a Brit) took the Arab Legion's Mechanized Regiment and a squadron of the Household Cavalry in a wide ranging reconnaissance into Syria; this was part of the British operation to capture Syria from the Vichy French.
		The Legion scouts were fired upon, thus confirming that the approaching force was French.
		The French made little progress against the Legion fire, and were taking casualties fast on the bare slopes of the ridge.
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/crossfire/scenarios/arab_legion.htm (713 words)

	The Arab Invasion 1948
		A volunteer "Arab Liberation Army" led by the Syrian Fawzi el Kawukji failed in its attack on Mishmar ha-Emek in the Jezreel Valley, while a battalion of volunteers from Jebel Druze was routed when attempting to attack Ramat Yohanan near Haifa.
		The Arab Legion overran the Etzion bloc of settlements south of Jerusalem, two Jewish settlements north of the city, as well as the Sheikh Jarrah district of the city and the Jewish quarter of the Old City; the new city of Jerusalem was now under siege.
		However, Arab attempts to reach the center of the New City failed, largely because of the successful resistance of the outlying settlement of Ramat Rahel and the Notre Dame compound.
	www.eretzyisroel.org /~jkatz/independence.html (908 words)

	Myths & Facts - The War of 1948
		Powerful Arab interests, both inside and outside Palestine, are defying the resolution of the General Assembly and are engaged in a deliberate effort to alter by force the settlement envisaged therein.
		In fact, Jordan's Arab Legion was armed and trained by the British, and led by a British officer.
		The Arab League was forced to cancel several boycott meetings called by the Syrian hosts because of opposition from countries like Kuwait, Morocco and Tunisia.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/myths/mf4.html (2292 words)

	John Bagot Glubb (Glubb Pasha) Arab Legion Commander - Zionism and Israel -Encyclopedia / Dictionary/Lexicon of ...
		He revolutionized the Arab Legion in 1931 by creating a special Bedouin force and using it to stop Bedouin raids.
		Glubb and the Legion were noteworthy for participation in the near-miraculous British reversal of the Iraq pro-Axis Coup,
		The Legion proved a formidable opponent to Israel in the Israeli War of Independence, especially in Jerusalem and Latrun.
	www.zionism-israel.com /dic/Glubb.htm (611 words)

	Jordan - TRANSJORDAN
		In 1923 the police and reserve force were combined into the Arab Legion as a regular army under Peake's command.
		This body was a locally recruited unit of the British Army assigned to guard the frontier and was distinct from the Arab Legion.
		Other Arab Legion units occupied Hebron to the south and fanned out through Samaria to the north (Samaria equates to the northern part of the West Bank).
	countrystudies.us /jordan/9.htm (1293 words)

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		On May 4, 1948, the Arab Legion attacked Kfar Etzion.
		Many defenders were massacred after they had surrendered.6 This was prior to the invasion by the regular Arab armies that followed Israel's declaration of independence.
		In fact, most atrocities and massacres were committed by 'nice Jewish boys and girls', from the Labour movement, many of whom grew up in kibbutzim in a humanist environment.
	www.lycos.com /info/1948--palestinian-arabs.html (180 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		I had a quick look on Wikipidia, and it said we formed the Legion in the 1920's to organise a defence for the Jordanian protectorate - however it said we did not hand it over to the King's command until after the 1948 Arab/Israeli conflict, where it was the most successful of the Arab armies.
		That said, the Arabs only had superior numbers of personel and equipment in the first month of the war, after that, the Jews had the upper hand in numbers - so looking at the number of total Arab nations against the Jews can be deceptive.
		Yimmy RE:Trans-Jordanian Arab Legion 10/23/2005 8:21:34 PM "I thought that the Arab Legion fought at Jerusalem in the 1947-48 war?" They did - Jerusalem was to be an international zone governed by the UN, however I believe it was attached to Jordanian territory, so the Jordanians moved in when the Jews tried to take it.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/30-62464.aspx (694 words)

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