Jordan, 1970 — rebel coup attempt
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a rebel coup in Jordan on 1 September 1970, at the start of the crisis known as Black September, in which King Hussein's government moved to reassert control over the Palestinian fedayeen guerrilla organizations that had built a state within a state in Jordan. Through 1970 the Palestine Liberation Organization and allied groups operated openly, mounting checkpoints, defying Jordanian authority, and clashing with the army. On 1 September 1970 guerrillas attempted to assassinate King Hussein by ambushing his motorcade, one of two attempts on his life that year.
The failure of these attempts, and the multiple aircraft hijackings by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in September, precipitated Hussein's decision to unleash the army. In the ensuing civil war of September 1970, the Jordanian military crushed the fedayeen, killing thousands and eventually expelling the Palestinian armed groups to Lebanon by 1971, at grave cost but preserving the Hashemite monarchy.
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
66309011970
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: King Hussein survived the assassination attempt and crushed the fedayeen in the Black September civil war.
Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. 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
Wikipedia
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →