Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seeds of hatred are planted deep in Nigeria. Independence from Britain in 1960 left it divided into three mutually suspicious regions - separated tribally, politically and religiously. Five years of rule by the vast but backward Moslem North only made things worse, and by the time a military coup threw the Northerners out of power eight months ago, Nigeria had all but turned ungovernable. "This is more difficult than the Congo," admitted Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi, who in herited the mess...
...gaining enemies and losing friends. The Moslem North resented its sudden loss of power - not to mention the assassination of Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and the Sardauna of Sokoto, the two most powerful Northern leaders. In the South, the young Ibo officers who had led the military coup accused Ironsi of appeasement when he refused to allow drastic retaliation after an abortive Northern uprising in June...
Cold Pop & "Snivel." Feddersen's real coup in Viet Nam was the establishment of a private, self-contained, ship-to-site supply route-an exercise that by his count took 17 steps. First he sounded out a Saigon source who, for twelve cases of C rations, revealed the whereabouts of a warehouse that needed 100 shipping pallets. To get the pallets, Feddersen traded surplus steel cargo boxes (bummed from the Army) for enough lumber and nails to build 200 pallets. Another army company built the pallets for Feddersen, keeping 100 of them as payment. Feddersen then gave...
After nine months of trying to unify the warring factions among her husband's followers in Argentina, Isabel Perón, 35, found that her efforts had come to precious little: the recent military coup led to the dissolution of all political parties. So Isabel rejoined el líder in his Spanish exile. She was met with a lengthy embrace from unwan Juan, looking less than his 70 years, and the couple went off for "a second honeymoon." Their transportation: a black Mercedes that is registered in the U.S. to avoid Spanish import duties. Old dictators know...
...P.K.I., appointed several Communist sympathizers to his Cabinet in February, the students swarmed through Djakarta, rioting, slashing car tires, and even storming Sukarno's Merdeka Palace. A special target of their ire: wily Foreign Minister Subandrio, who was widely believed to be implicated in the Communist coup...