Word: countercoups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Paul commands the allegiance of the 700 elite troops at the Dessalines barracks, Haiti's toughest fighting unit. Without his support, the new regime might be unable to withstand a possible countercoup by deposed army officers and remnants of the Tonton Macoutes...
...next serious test began in 1951, when the popularly elected government of Premier Mohammed Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. In 1953, right-wing monarchists in the army unsuccessfully attempted to depose Mossadegh; the Shah was forced to flee to Rome. A few days later, however, a countercoup sponsored by the CIA restored him to the throne. The Shah launched a ruthless purge, particularly of remnants of the Communist Tudeh Party, which had been outlawed in 1948. He also organized a secret-police network, SAVAK, that was to become one of the most notorious in the world...