Simba Rebellion organization
also: Simbas
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Claims (3)
Simba Rebellion carried_out_attack
Stanleyville book_quoted
“and produced the threat of a total breakdown of governmental authority, meaning their dictatorship was threatened. Zombie's prospects were put at no better than 50-50, and if he fell, there was no telling where it might end. Days later, Reb…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 29:13
Simba Rebellion assassinated
Juan Tunan book_quoted
“Later missionaries reports established that Tunin had been captured by Simba, killed, and then eaten. The Congo became a bloody project for the agency. Several months after Holmes' serious injury, a CIA contract officer, Bill Woyrozemski, W…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 33:49
Che Guevara member_of
Simba Rebellion book_quoted
“Fidel promised that he would continue preparations while Che Cavera did his tour. Che traveled through Eastern Europe to Algeria and Tanzania, where he connected with the Simbas. These are the resistant fighters. The Congolese were embarras…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 34:51
Mentions (4)
▶ 25:47
in Muleli's home province. This could not have been worse for Leopoldville. The UN was withdrawing, even as Mubato's army remained far from effective. The rebellion known for Muleli, or as the Simba Rebellion, for the name Lion in Swahili, …
▶ 28:11
prohibiting combat missions by Americans to take up a T-28 against a reported Simba truck convoy. His wingman was Ponzoa and Varela, both Bay of Pigs veterans. His plane hit, Merriman nursed it to a crash landing, but was injured so badly h…
▶ 33:49
Later missionaries reports established that Tunin had been captured by Simba, killed, and then eaten. The Congo became a bloody project for the agency. Several months after Holmes' serious injury, a CIA contract officer, Bill Woyrozemski, W…
▶ 34:18
working out of Albertville, died in a head-on collision with a Congolese army truck. Meanwhile, Che Caveras shows up. Fidel Castro had convinced Che to make Africa a way station on his quest to carry on an independent, non-colonial crusade …