Hussein Sirri Amer was a senior

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ian general during the reign of King Farouk, to whom he was notably loyal. He served as the Commander of the Frontier Corps. During the

1948 Arab-Israeli War Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

he was believed by members of the officer corps of being complicit in the distribution of faulty arms to Egyptian troops.Jabber, p. 130. When General Muhammad Naguib was set to be appointed War Minister by Prime Minister Hussein Sirri Pasha and had the support of the officer corps, King Farouk intervened to have Amer appointed instead. Amer's holding of the post was meant to keep potential disloyalty within the armed forces in check.Nutting, 1972, p. 34. An assassination attempt against Amer by members of the Free Officers, including future president

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, took place in January 1952, but failed. Following the

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, Amer was tried for his role in the arms scandal of the 1948 war.

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