During the First World War, Arab fears of loosing their lands were dispelled through correspondence between British High Commissioner, Henry McMahon and Sherif Hussein, the Emir of Mecca which promised an Arab state. ... Consequently there grew a rise in Arab nationalism and in Egypt there was a military coup in which Colonel Nasser Hussein took control. ... The linkage between Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein occupation of Kuwait and Israeli occupation of the occupied territories was welcomed by the PLO. ...

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