Word: countercoups
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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...
...previous military President, General David Padilla, who stepped down in August, vainly appealed to soldiers to stage a countercoup that would return the presidency to Guevara, but by week's end active resistance to the new regime halted...
...academics and some members of the Roman Catholic clergy, the junta had announced a crash program of political reform. Though it quickly won support and a pledge of "significant aid" from the U.S., the five-man junta may fall apart before the program is carried out. Rumors of a countercoup by right-wing military officers swept through the capital last week, together with reports that the oligarchy was prepared to pay as much as $20 million to any group that could restore the country to military control...
Back in Grenada meanwhile, members of the new government feared that Sir Eric would try to stage a countercoup. Sure enough, while in New York City last week, Sir Eric vainly appealed to the U.S., Canada and Britain to return him to power. According to Bishop, Sir Eric then began seeking men and arms for a mercenary army that would retake the island...