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CBC story hereFrom the article:
New evidence to be submitted to the United Nations' General Assembly this week could help shed light on one of the enduring mysteries of the 20th century namely, was the 1961 death of the second UN Secretary General an accident or an act of murder?
patricia92243
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[font size=5]Evidence may lead to new probe in 1961 death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld[/font]
.... Documents, testimony add weight to case that plane crash was no accident.
The 56-year old Swedish diplomat was in Africa to try to unite the Congo, but faced resistance from a number of multinationals, often supported by mercenaries and openly hostile to the UN, who coveted the area's mineral wealth.
The crash has been a source of widespread speculation for decades, which has ramped up thanks to evidence uncovered in the last few years. ....
Other oddities: Some of the bodies of the victims had bullet holes, and a playing card rumoured to be the ace of spades was found in Hammarskjöld's collar.
Southall, now 82, believes the voice he heard was that of a Belgian mercenary pilot nicknamed "The Lone Ranger." ....
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I was aware of who he was and what he was involved in.
Wasn't until after the assassinations of the 60's that I became aware of handy "accidents" to those who
were upsetting the status quo.