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1971: Morocco
Dissident army officers, including five generals, staged a bloody but unsuccessful coup on July 10 against King Hassan II. Fourteen hundred army cadets raided Skhirat palace during celebrations of the king's 42nd birthday and, in wild shooting, killed 28 top-ranking dignitaries, including the...
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