Following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank" id="mwAU4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>'s refusal to fund building the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_Dam" id="mwAU8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aswan Dam">Aswan Dam</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gamal Abdel Nasser">Gamal Abdel Nasser</a> nationalizes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_crisis" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Suez crisis">sparking international condemnation</a>.