Mohamed Oufkir
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General Mohamed Oufkir was a Moroccan senior military officer who held many important governmental posts like the minister of interior and minister of defense. Throughout the 60s, he rose to become th
Oufkir in 1971
Mehdi Ben Barka. Mohamed Oufkir was accused of being involved in his disappearance and was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia.
Malika Oufkir at the 2006 Texas Book Festival, author of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail and daughter of Mohamed Oufkir
The US Silver Star was awarded to Oufkir by U.S. Army Major General Alfred M. Gruenther.
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 Oufkir
…disappearance and that it was a fait accompli by Oufkir. He claimed that any attempt at rapprochement with politicians was stopped by Oufkir. After the failed 1971 military coup, Hassan II appointed Oufkir as defense minister and chief of staff of the Royal Armed Forces. Oufkir associates where appointed minister of interior…
Mohamed Ababou (left), who was later imprisoned for the coup attempt, next to Hassan II at a military parade, c. 1962
King Hassan II