Egypt, 1967 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 27 August 1967, corresponding to the alleged plot by Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer against President Gamal Abdel Nasser in the aftermath of Egypt's catastrophic defeat in the June 1967 Six-Day War. Amer, Nasser's longtime confidant and commander of the armed forces, had ordered the disastrous Sinai retreat and was blamed for the military collapse; he was relieved of all duties and forced into early retirement on 17 June 1967. In August 1967 Amer, together with over 50 military officers and two former ministers including former War Minister Shams Badran, was arrested for allegedly plotting a coup to overthrow Nasser.
According to the semi-official account, Amer had planned to seize command of troops on the Suez Canal and demand reinstatement, marching on Cairo to install a revolutionary council if refused. Held under house arrest at his Giza villa, Amer died on 13 to 14 September 1967 in what the government called a suicide by poison, though many believe he was killed.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
65108271967
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Nasser retained power and purged the officer corps; Amer died in custody in September 1967.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
Luttwak
New York Times
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