Showing posts with label coups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coups. Show all posts

Saturday, February 05, 2011

See who else is in trouble in the Arab region here. The full article takes a good look at the problems and challenges with the possible overthrow of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak for the US. One of the main points is that revolutions aren't often predictable and that sometimes what comes after is worse, no matter how bad the existing regime/dictator was, with the Iranian Revolution in 1979 being a key example.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Are coups still being done anywhere?
Well yes, in Africa, there've been a few in the past year in Guinea, Madagascar and Mauritania.
U.S. President Barack Obama recently announced a cessation in benefits to several of these states as punishment for their illegal and unconstitutional transition in power.

Guinea, situated in West Africa just north of major 90s troublespots Sierra Leone and Liberia, is in a particularly precarious state, after infighting among coup leaders earlier this month, resulted in the coup leader to be shot and seriously wounded.