Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bringing Syrian forces into the allied coalition was no dramatic coup for the secretary of state. Hussein had long been Asaad's archenemy and the demise of the Soviet Union had left Syria badly in need of an arms supplier. Syrian involvement in the coalition reaped two billion dollars for Asaad's regime, most of which was promptly spent on North Korean scud missiles...
...effectively enough to the challenges facing Russia. Thirty-five other countries recognized the independence of the Baltic countries before Bush and Baker finally acted. State Department foot-dragging on providing economic aid has contributed to Russia's current financial woes. Economic uncertainties have made the threat of a nationalist coup to topple Yeltsin very real...
...former Soviet Union, the Bolshevik coup led to massacres of tens of millions of citizens, as well as psychological terror and state interference on a scale unprecedented in human history. Before World War II the threat of the Bolshevik regime played a major role in rallying Germans to the Nazi Party, bringing obvious dire consequences for the rest of the world. After World War II, the arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States brought the world to the brink of nuclear war several times...
Such dire results of the Bolshevik coup are what make it so delightful to observe the bitter realities now facing the world's remaining Marxist regimes. Along the southern coast of the People's Republic of China, near Hong Kong, an outburst of capitalism is taking place. And the Miami police force has enacted a working plan to handle celebrations to follow the overthrow of Fidel Castro...
...with immediate effect, President F.W. De Klerk suspended or retired 23 of South Africa's top officers, including two generals and four brigadiers. All are under suspicion of clandestine activities -- some involving hit-squad murders -- designed to undermine his political reforms. De Klerk dismissed talk of an attempted military coup, saying there was no threat to South Africa's security. But criminal charges could follow next year. "We're not dealing with kids," he said...