New “The Dogs of War “ scenario
Hours before dawn on December
30, 2014, gunfire erupted near the presidential palace in Banjul, the capital
of The Gambia. For 20 years, the tiny West African country had been ruled by His
Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh , a portly strongman who came to
power in a bloodless military coup. Now, a small group of conspirators—mostly
former soldiers—were poised to launch a coup of their own.
Their original plan was to
ambush the presidential motorcade. But the plotters learned that Jammeh was
abroad (perhaps in Paris, but possibly in Dubai—no official explanation was
given). The would-be putschists quickly hatched a new plan: fire their weapons at
the State House, wait for the palace guard to surrender or flee, then walk in
and take the reins of power.
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