21 October, 1969: The fateful dayof the Military takeover

[Deeq A.]

The scourge of military take over in October 1969 was not a bolt from the blue; the threat had been a Sword of Damocles hanging on the head of the civilian administrations at every moment since the Somali Republic was created in 1960. It was an open secret that the military had always a plan to undermine the democratic institutions the execution of which was dependent on the right time, and that time came in October 1969.

Source: Hiiraan Online