Iraq Stirs Old Mideast Feuds July 1, 1961

When Britain on June 19 exchanged an anachronistic treaty of protection with Kuwait for a more modern treaty of friendship, consultation and assistance, few Kuwaitis took much notice. Nothing changed in Kuwait except a few papers.

But Premier Abdul Karim Kassim of Iraq, Kuwait’s northern neighbor, took the change to signify the withdrawal of British protection and moved to take advantage of it. He announced the annexation of Kuwait.

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