31.   The attempt at reconciliation came after King Hussein publically attacked the Iraqi government in a nationwide address and backed Iraqi defector General Hussein Kamel Hassan.

32.   The assassination attempt also came a day after Gligorov was in Belgrade for talks with the president of Serbia Slobodan Milosevic on normalising relations between the republics.

33.   The coup attempt came three days after he signed an unpopular peace accord in Ghana with two other factional leaders.