Oman/1970 coup d'état
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| Date | 23 July 1970 |
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| Location | Salalah, Oman |
| Perpetrators | Qaboos bin Said, Brigadier John Graham, Hugh Oldman |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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| Keenie Meenie Services | “The new company first struck gold in Oman where Walker landed a lucrative contract to train and supervise the special forces of the new sultan. He had just deposed his despotic father in a bloodless coup which was led by two British SAS veterans who had personally confronted the old sultan in his palace and told him he must go. The KMS contract was a million-dollar thank-you from the new sultan, and it effectively established KMS as a permanent military presence in the Middle East, giving British intelligence a foot in the door of a country which has become strategically vital during the Gulf War.” | Nick Davies | 1988 |
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