Dan Connell admits there was no coup attempt in Eritrea

January 24, 2013

On Monday, January 21, 2013, Dan Connell, along with Léonard Vincent and Martin Plaut were the sources of a vicious and nasty rumor of a coup taking place in Eritrea. Days later, after realizing no coup was ever attempted in Eritrea, Mr. Connell attempts to save face by saying:

"I think we've over interpreted what happened on Monday. I don't think it was ever a coup.....I don't think they were trying to seize power. I don't think they made any demands in that direction."

In other words, Mr. Connell and reporters of his ilk made it up. At least he owned up to his premeditated "mistake". We're still waiting on Martin Plaut and Léonard Vincent to own up to their coup hoax.

Dan Connell's quote can be found 17 seconds into this video

Dan Connell  admits no coup took place in Eritrea.

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