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According to Ahmed Rami, several young military officers were arrested mid-January 1983. Dlimi himself was also arrested, interrogated and tortured in the royal palace, before his death being set up as a car-crash. Dlimi is said to have advocated a closer relationship to France in order to counter US
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was elaborated upon by Rami, who claimed that the CIA was investigating Dlimi as a secret member of the "Independent
Officers"; that they had filmed the Stockholm meeting between them, and had ultimately delivered this video to Hassan II. Morocco was at the time a very close ally of the United
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in March 1983, who exiled himself to Sweden after the failed coup of 1972 in which he had taken part. Rami alleged that he had clandestinely met with Dlimi in
Stockholm in December 1982, and that they were preparing a coup against Hassan II, due for July 1983. Dlimi was allegedly part of the
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After the independence of
Morocco, he briefly married the daughter of a minister, Messaoud Chiguer. Then married a daughter of another minister, Bousselham. This event opened the doors of the highest power circles for Dlimi, who was then a simple young officer in the army.
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After two failed coup attempts in 1971 and 1972 (the latter of which involved the assistance of
General Oufkir), Dlimi was entrusted with increasingly important tasks and promoted to the rank of General. He eventually replaced Oufkir as right-hand man to Hassan II.
352:. However, there are allegations that he was assassinated after attempting to organize a coup against King Hassan II, or that he was killed for having become too powerful, and a threat to the monarchy. The assassination theory has been supported by dissident
357:"Independent Officers" who intended to overthrow the monarchy, in order to put an end to the regime's corruption and human rights violations. They aimed to establish a "Democratic Arab Islamic Republic of Morocco" and to negotiate with the Polisario Front.
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in Angola since the mid-1970s. He had agreed to the setting up of a CIA station in
Morocco, which became one of its key installations in Africa. Hassan II had visited US Secretary of Defense
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Ahmed Dlimi was increasingly viewed as the main military strongman of
Morocco. However, in January 1983, he was killed in a car accident just after meeting the King in his palace at
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influence. Rami wrote that: "Hassan's closest circle, which also counts foreign secret agents, very well knows the circumstances of Dlimi's death." This veiled allusion to the
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Through his father Ahmed Dlimi was also related to Oufkir. Fatima Chenna, the wife of Oufkir and daughter of colonel Chenna, was related to Lahcen Dlimi through her mother.
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He died in
January 1983, officially in a car crash, although allegations have been made that he was assassinated. He was accused of being responsible for the death of
284:, in 1965, in Paris, France According to the first judicial investigation, Ahmed Dlimi was in Paris, along with General Oufkir, at the time of Ben Barka's kidnapping.
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November 1965. After Dlimi's death, fifteen other officers were arrested and three of them executed. No one was allowed to see Ahmed Dlimi's corpse.
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Raisons d'états: Tout sur l'affaire Ben Barka et d'autres crimes politiques au Maroc
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in this territory. Western Sahara was then claimed both by
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has also directly accused Dlimi of taking part in Ben Barka's assassination.
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Exit Hasan of
Morocco: west mourns the death of another loyal servant
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Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
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List of aircraft and armament of the Royal Moroccan Air Force
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Some sources claim that he personally executed his superior,
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for a job in the colonial administration in the late 1940s.
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in the Southern Zone, where the military were fighting the
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and played an important role as a military supporter of
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631:Morocco: Officer reveals CIA's role in Murder
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810:, revised edition (Common Courage Press)
544:"Qui a tué le général Ahmed Dlimi ?"
470:"Qui a tué le général Ahmed Dlimi ?"
382:in 1981, as well as the president of the
1538:People of Moroccan intelligence agencies
1274:List of ships of the Royal Moroccan Navy
384:US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
197:. He was promoted to General during the
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321:in 1975, during which Morocco annexed
260:. A collaborator of Interior Minister
736:Morocco: Breaking the Wall of Silence
366:States. Hassan II had sent troops to
7:
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682:In the Moroccan King's Secret Garden
831:History of republicanism in Morocco
659:Mehdi Ben Barka, quarante ans après
542:Abdellatif Mansour (4 March 2005).
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272:" of the exiled opposition leader
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16:Moroccan Army general (1931–1983)
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1079:Brigade General Abdelaziz Chatar
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1054:Brigadier General Khaled Jabrane
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248:Ahmed Dlimi headed the Moroccan
201:in 1975, and took charge of the
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1104:(Commander of the Fifth Bureau)
1096:(Commander of the Third Bureau)
610:Interview with Bachir Ben Barka
586:English account of revelations
287:Former dissident and prisoner
280:(UNPF) and of the non-aligned
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1446:Hamid El Boukhari (1983–1988)
1047:Colonel-Major Mustapha Hdioud
1029:Major-General Mohamed Haramou
963:Major-General Mohammed Berrid
925:Major-General Mohammed Berrid
264:, he was accused of numerous
1452:General Ouazzani (1990–1993)
1294:Lieutenant Colonel Errhamani
170:– d. 25 January 1983,
1508:Moroccan military personnel
1205:Moroccan Army of Liberation
985:Captain Major Mohamed Tahin
573:Les Officiers de Sa Majesté
193:and played a major role in
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1287:Abou El Barakat Al Barbari
1280:Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah
1020:Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
781:Le destin du général Dlimi
759:The Morocco of Muhammad VI
684:, Maurice Publishers, 1998
388:Deputy Director of the CIA
276:, leader of the left-wing
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1225:Battles involving Morocco
1174:Mohamed Bachir El Bouhali
282:Tricontinental Conference
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77:25 January 1983 (aged 51)
39:
1449:Mhamed Dryef (1989–1990)
998:Royal Moroccan Air Force
749:(AI Index: MDE 29/01/93)
378:and the State Secretary
1230:Morocco in World War II
1533:People from Sidi Kacem
1308:Commandant Al Khattabi
1220:Wars involving Morocco
1193:Operations and history
1101:General Mohamed Maïche
244:Before the Green March
1086:Military Intelligence
747:Amnesty International
703:, September 17, 1999
327:Moroccan Armed Forces
203:Moroccan Armed Forces
122:Years of service
1486:Abdellatif Hammouchi
1070:Moroccan Royal Guard
162:(b. 16 July 1931 in
1139:Abdelfattah Louarak
1093:Abdelfattah Louarak
1057:(northern division)
1050:(southern division)
976:Royal Moroccan Navy
954:Royal Moroccan Army
872:Military of Morocco
223:Sidi Kacem Province
168:Sidi Kacem Province
116:Royal Moroccan Army
64:Sidi Kacem Province
1441:Abdelhak El Kadiri
1154:Abdelhak El Kadiri
906:Abdellatif Loudiyi
741:2006-05-01 at the
723:2006-03-26 at the
695:Our Man in Morocco
665:, 29 October 2005
636:2011-04-18 at the
615:2005-12-20 at the
191:Western Sahara War
181:under the rule of
144:Western Sahara War
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250:security services
195:Angolan Civil War
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