in trying to solve problems, so, you know, if there s if there s a war going on, you mentioned the saddam hussein, you know, i thought it was worth giving it a shot to try to stop the war by trying to persuade saddam hussein to step down and go and live in iraq for sorry, to go and live in libya for the rest of his life and using contacts with king hussein of jordan he basically agreed that he would go if we could send two elders to go and talk to him and nelson mandella agreed to go, kofi annan secretary general of the united nations agreed to go and sadly the bombing started just before the trip took place, but as a result of that we set up the elders, which is a wonderful group of men and women who do go in to try to resolve conflicts, who do talk out on climate change, who do try to address
a president on the road. his first overseas trip to the middle east and western europe. mr. carter met not only with anwar sadat of egypt but king hussein of jordan, king khalid of saudi arabia and the shah of iran. the united states had always backed the shah of iran and that goes back to 1953, in fact, when america essentially put the shah into power. iran is an island of stability and one of the more troubled areas of the world. even though western government loved the shah, they weren t really paying attention to the fact on the ground. and there were many people who were discontented with the shah in part because of his extremely oppressive policies. iran was seen as important for its oil resources but also
nasser says get in line, you got to pay attention to that. king hussein did not want a war but he had no choice but to side with nasser. he is a descendent of the prophet. he is a defender of arab muslim causes. he cannot sit on the sidelines. so, he was pushed into this war whether he wanted it or not. the most significant development of the week in towns of arab unity came on tuesday. king hussein of jordan, usually called a western stuge and cia agent by nasa s propaganda services, signed a mutual defense pact with egypt. on may 30, nasser reach his goal which was to command the arab world. once an arab united command had been established and generals
bin rashid al maktoum, who is a huge figure in the horse racing world. he is also the ruler of dubai, and the youngest of his six wives, now ex wife, princess haya ofjordan, daughter of king hussein of jordan. as you said earlier, she fled to britain in early 2019 with her two children, saying she was terrified. a gun was placed in her room with a bullet in it. a helicopter landed on the lawn of her palace with somebody saying that he had orders to take her out to a prison in the middle the desert. all because she said she discovered what had happened to other daughters of the ruler of dubai who had been abducted. he has denied this, but the high court here in britain stood this up. it didn t probably help her case that she had an affair with her bodyguard, and when that was discovered, he was understandably very angry, wrote a poem that went public called you lived, you died, and she interpreted that as a death threat.
with her children, in 2019, claiming she was in fear of her life. last year, the high court in london ruled that the sheikh had illegally hacked his estranged wife s mobile phone, as well as those of her bodyguards and legal team. he has denied ever having an intention of harming the princess. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner told us more about the settlement. this is pretty much the culmination of a very long running court battle between one of the world s richest men, sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, who is a huge figure in the horse racing world. he is also the ruler of dubai, and the youngest of his six wives, now ex wife, princess haya ofjordan, daughter of king hussein of jordan. as you said earlier, she fled to britain in early 2019 with her two children, saying she was terrified.