Word: countercoups
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...Hausa Moslem with strong tribal loyalties-a factor that led Gowon to regard Mohammed as a threat to his own Lincolnesque policy of "national conciliation" after the Biafran civil war. The least sign of regional or tribal chauvinism on Mohammed's part might well lead to countercoup or renewed civil war. Foreign diplomats in Nigeria also fear that Mohammed's Moslem background might lead to a less moderate policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict. Under Gowon's leadership, Nigeria, an OPEC member and in recent months the largest exporter of crude...
...threat of violence between leftists and right-wingers mounted, friendly Western diplomats, as well as members of the government, warned Spínola that the rally was a cover for a countercoup led by extreme right-wing forces loyal to the old regime. The plot, according to the government, called for the assassination of both Spínola and Premier Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves. The purported aim was to create chaos if not civil war, thus enabling the extreme right wing to seize power...
Caramanlis will also have to decide what to do about King Constantine, in exile since the failure of his attempted countercoup against the junta in December 1967. Constantine said that he hopes soon to leave London and return to Greece. But since Caramanlis never got along well with the royal family, he may not be happy to see the King come back unless he can be sure of his complete support. One immediate obstacle to the monarch's return to his throne is the referendum of July 1973, sponsored by the junta, which abolished the monarchy and established...
...earlier governments. He said that a new constitution will be drawn up in six months and elections held soon after. But though he has the students' support, Sanya still faces an array of problems. The most serious one is the Thai military, which has sufficient strength for a countercoup if its officers become disenchanted with Sanya's civilian rule. For the moment, however, the military seemed content to side with the King and give civilian rule a chance...
Last week the poly-Papadopoulos added another title. He brusquely de posed General George Zoitakis, who had been Regent and acting head of state since King Constantine fled the country following an unsuccessful countercoup. The ouster of Zoitakis was voted unanimously by Greece's 17-member rubber-stamp Cabinet last week, ostensibly because the Regent had refused to approve a new law increasing personnel in the security forces and national fire department. Within half an hour Papadopoulos had been "requested" to succeed the general as Regent. Under pictures of Constantine and his Danish-born Queen Anne-Marie, Greece...