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... that a 1978 coup d'état attempt sought to remove Somali president Siad Barre, who himself had come to power in a coup a decade earlier?
The 1978 Somali coup d'état attempt was a violent military coup attempt that took place in Somalia (then Somali Democratic Republic) on 9 April 1978,[2] against the regime of President Siad Barre. The United States Central Intelligence Agency estimated that the coup, led by Colonel Mohamed Osman Irro, involved around two dozen officers, 2,000 soldiers, and 65 tanks. Following the failed coup, seventeen alleged ringleaders, including Osman, were summarily executed by firing squad.
Just a year earlier in 1977:
''At Villa Somalia, President Barre awards Abdullahi Irro the Medal of Valor for his leadership in the Southern Command, the Goidey front and contributions to the Somali National Army (September 1977)''
Barre regime was like the Sopranos.
... that a 1978 coup d'état attempt sought to remove Somali president Siad Barre, who himself had come to power in a coup a decade earlier?
The 1978 Somali coup d'état attempt was a violent military coup attempt that took place in Somalia (then Somali Democratic Republic) on 9 April 1978,[2] against the regime of President Siad Barre. The United States Central Intelligence Agency estimated that the coup, led by Colonel Mohamed Osman Irro, involved around two dozen officers, 2,000 soldiers, and 65 tanks. Following the failed coup, seventeen alleged ringleaders, including Osman, were summarily executed by firing squad.
Just a year earlier in 1977:
''At Villa Somalia, President Barre awards Abdullahi Irro the Medal of Valor for his leadership in the Southern Command, the Goidey front and contributions to the Somali National Army (September 1977)''
Barre regime was like the Sopranos.
