1971 Moroccan coup attempt
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The 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, popularly known as the Skhirat coup d'état, was a failed effort by rebel military leaders to overthrow King Hassan II of Morocco on 10 July 1971, during his fort
Mohamed Ababou (left), who was later imprisoned for the coup attempt, next to Hassan II at a military parade, c. 1962
King Hassan II
M'hamed Ababou
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M'hamed Ababou was a senior Moroccan Army officer. Along with General Mohamed Medbouh he instigated an attempted coup against King Hassan II on 10 July 1971.
1971 Moroccan coup attempt
…party. The first of two attempted coups during Hassan's rule, it was organized by a rebel faction of the Royal Armed Forces led by Lieutenant-Colonel M'hamed Ababou and General Mohamed Medbouh. The faction attacked the king's summer palace at Skhirat, and the Radio-Maroc headquarters and offices of the Ministry of…
Ababou in 1956