Word: coups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pilots, passing himself off to the conspirators as a secret Baathist, was in fact working for the regime. As the plotters' plans firmed up in late August, Sardoun fed details to Aref's police. Aref made no move until Sept. 3, eve of the coup. Then, overnight, loyal army units and police swooped down on Camp Rashid. The five Baathist pilots were rounded up and executed. Colonel El Jabouri and most of his officers of the 4th Armored Brigade were clapped in jail. Baathist ex-Premier Hassan Bakr was hustled to Selman fortress, deep in the southern desert...
Restive Kurds. Although the coup was smashed, President Aref could be certain that more trouble lay ahead for the troubled regime. In Vienna last spring, a band of Baathist exiles met under the leadership of Brigadier Hardan Takriti, the former Baathist commander in chief of the Iraqi army, who this year was exiled to Europe as Iraq's Ambassador to Sweden. Vowed Takriti: "By the beard of the Prophet, I swear I will overthrow the traitor Aref...
...regime of President Victor Paz Estenssoro accused Siles of plotting to overthrow the government, install himself at the head of a junta and assassinate Paz. Nonsense, retorted Siles from Paraguay. He insisted that no coup had been planned and that the Paz government was badly "confused...
...this was likely to imply that Paz did not have full control of the country, and that would not do, especially with Charles de Gaulle expected early this week. Using the alleged coup as an excuse, Paz declared a 90-day state of siege, suspending all constitutional guarantees and banning public groups of more than three after 11 p.m. That done, the way was clear for De Gaulle, and Paz had once more firmly cinched his authority...
...serve-and Ralston looped a backhand volley over his head-love-15. McKinley smashed a forehand past Emerson's futilely waving racket-love-30-pounded over a short, cross-court volley-love-40. Then, with a magnificent overhead smash straight between the two Aussies, Ralston administered the coup de grâce. The last game was easy, and the U.S. won the match...