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Allegedly there was a plot in Saudi-Arabia by military officers in 1969 to overthrow the House of Saud and replace it with a secular Nasserist Arabian regime. The new country would have been called "Republic of the Arabian Peninsula". What if the coup had taken place ? Could it have persisted ? this was before the oil boom in the 1970es. What would be the consequences in the region be until the 21 Century ? How would the superpowers react to such a scenario ?
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