How a reviled African ruler survived a coup hatched in the United States
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, top, survived a coup attempt hatched by several plotters, including, from left to right on bottom, Njaga Jagne, Alagie Barrow and Lammin Sanneh. (Top: AP; bottom left: courtesy of the Jagne family; bottom center: Nick Strocchia; bottom right: courtesy of Jeffrey W. Meiser)
By Craig Whitlock and Adam Goldman-May 31
MINNEAPOLIS — Every other Saturday evening, the coup-plotters excused themselves from their wives and kids to join a conference call. The half-
dozen dissidents — all middle-aged men, most with military experience — dialed in from their suburban homes scattered across the South and Midwest.
