Word: mehdi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...loyal supporter, as a chronic plotter of palace intrigue. Earlier, Hassan had claimed bitterly that he had protected Oufkir "beyond all reasonable bounds," and had even "endangered our relations with France" when he refused to extradite Oufkir for the Paris kidnaping and presumed murder in 1965 of Moroccan Leftist Mehdi Ben Barka...
...Minister, General Mohammed Oufkir, 52. Ruthless, his eyes always hidden by dark glasses, Oufkir for more than a decade had been considered the strongest prop of the Moroccan monarchy. He gained international notoriety in 1965 for his role in the Paris kidnaping and presumed murder of the Moroccan Leftist Mehdi Ben Barka; a French court convicted Oufkir in absentia of the crime...
...Hassan forces, under Interior Minister General Mohammed Oufkir, quickly rallied. A gaunt, laconic Berber from the Atlas Mountains, Oufkir has been unswervingly loyal to Hassan. Four years ago, after the Moroccan leftist Mehdi Ben Barka disappeared in France, the De Gaulle government tried and convicted Oufkir in absentia for murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment...