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This is a list of political conspiracies. In a political context, a conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of damaging, usurping, or overthrowing an established political power. Typically, the final goal is for the conspiritories to gain power often through a revolutionary coup d'état or through assassination or to achieve a ...
President James A. Garfield with James G. Blaine after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau. The assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, began at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:20 AM on Saturday, July 2, 1881, less than four months after he took office.
Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam. One of the perpetrators of the 1998 United States embassy bombings. 2009-01-01. Pakistan. Kenya. Drone strike. [6] Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan. One of the perpetrators of the 1998 United States embassy bombings.
Two attempts to start riots failed, and the leaders of the plot were arrested. October incident in Japan: The Sakurakai again plotted a coup, this time to be instigated by assassinations of key statesmen and officials. The plot was foiled by some of the plotters abandoning the effort, and leaks that reached the War Minister of Japan.
Conspiracy theories in United States politics. Conspiracy theories in United States politics are beliefs that a major political situation is the result of secretive collusion by powerful people striving to harm a rival group or undermine society in general. Such theories draw from actual conspiracies, in which individuals work together covertly ...
1 April 2010. Attempt. Guinea-Bissau. Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Antonio Ndjai. Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior. The head of the army was captured and the Prime Minister was briefly arrested by military officers. [2] 2010 Madagascar coup attempt.
The Business Plot, also called the Wall Street Putsch[1] and the White House Putsch, was a political conspiracy in 1933, in the United States, to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Smedley Butler as dictator. [2][3] Butler, a retired Marine Corps major general, testified under oath that wealthy businessmen ...
Virgulino Ferreira da Silva "Lampião", leader bandit of Cangaço. Killed during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da Silva. 1938. Maria Gomes de Oliveira "Maria Bonita", bandit of Cangaço. José Panta de Godoy. Killed during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da Silva. 1964.