The+Baghdad+Pact

Turkey, Greece, Iran, Britain, and Pakistan formed this pact predictably in Baghdad, to act as an opposing combined force against the Soviets. Iraq was pulled into the pact later, and prime minister Nuri al-Said was very excited to become a part of it, as he wanted to oppose communism as much as possible and was happy to be in league with the United States. In April of 1954, The U.S. assisted Iraq militarily, and by 1955 Iraq and Turkey signed a cooperation pact that was open to all of the Arab world. In late 1955 Iran and Pakistan became members, thus forming the Baghdad Pact. However, the United States did not become a full time member because they did not want to offend the Saudis, and they saw potential of forming a relationship with Nasser. However Nasser was very offended by the pact and became angry with the United States, Britain, and Nuri al-Said. The pact brewed tensions for the Arab-Israeli conflict and other inter-Arab conflicts: Eisenhower attempted trading concessions with Nasser, but Nasser went back to the USSR's alliance.
 * Egypt and Israel became fearful of each other, and they both "had reason to resent the Western powers and their patronage of Iraq" (Bickerton 120).
 * Though the Tripartite Agreement sought to limit arms in the area, its intent was to also convince the Arab nations to join the fight against Communism, which required arms.
 * Washington stopped selling arms to Nasser.