1969 Libyan coup d'état attempt

Having taken power in a coup three months earlier, Muammar Gaddafi faced a mutiny by army and interior ministers Moussa Ahmed and Adam Hawaz, both from the eastern Barqa region. The pair were routed and imprisoned in the first of Gaddafi's many survivals.[2] [3]

1969 Libyan coup d'état attempt
Part of the Arab Cold War
Date7 December 1969[1]
Location
Libya
Result Coup suppressed
Belligerents
Gaddafi's governament
Supported:
United States		 Rebels
Commanders and leaders
Col. Muammar Gaddafi
(Chairman of the Revolutionary Council)		 Lt. Col Adam al-Hawaz
(Defense Minister)
Lt. Col Moussa Ahmed
(Interior Minister)
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

See also

References
  1. https://www.raialyoum.com/index.php/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AD-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF/
  2. Cooley, John K. (1983). Libyan Sandstorm. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 978-0-283-98944-5.
  3. https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/194993
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