Word: coupes
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...three decades in exile that the only way to change Iraq was by lopping off the head of the regime but maintaining much of its administrative bureaucracy and security personnel. To that end, he worked - for some time as a CIA asset - on plans to foment a coup among Baathist generals. Allawi's history, and his pronouncements on martial law and cracking down on the insurgency suggests he may remain inclined towards the "strongman" route, and if he succeeds in restoring a measure of security and stability to the daily life of ordinary Iraqis he may well be rewarded...
...Terminal, Viktor Navorski (Hanks) arrives at a New York City airport on a flight from his native land, Krakozhia. The country has just suffered a coup, and until the U.S. recognizes a legitimate regime, he can't go into the city or back home. (It's not explained why many others on his flight wouldn't be in the same predicament.) So Viktor is under airport arrest; to find food, work, a place to sleep and a woman to love, he must rely on his own resources. Which are considerable. This is, after all, a Spielberg movie (Viktor...
...Iraq 's interim constitution, which guarantees Kurdish autonomy. Kurdish leaders had threatened to boycott the government, but accepted assurances that the fundamental law would be respected. Second Time Unlucky? DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO President Joseph Kabila said that his government was in control after loyal troops put down a coup attempt by members of his presidential guard. It was the second attempted putsch against Kabila's power-sharing government since it was formed last year. His armed forces earlier retook the eastern city of Bukavu , which had been under rebel control for a week. Chávez Faces a Recall...
...later attacked by an ax-wielding assassin when he refused Saddam's demands to return. Beginning in the early 1990s, Allawi's I.N.A. began working with the CIA against Saddam's regime; in 1996 the CIA tried to use the group in a disastrous coup attempt against Saddam. While some U.S. officials expressed relief that Iraq's top post would be filled by someone they could do business with, some Iraqis warned that Allawi's association with the CIA and the Governing Council may compromise his authority before he even takes office. "He'll have to handle this somehow," says...
...among other things, led to the arrest of former leaders of Saddam's regime. The officer stated that the I.N.C. was "directly responsible for saving the lives of numerous" U.S. troops. For his part, Chalabi is attempting to turn the U.S.'s campaign to "marginalize" him into a political coup, telling any Iraqi who will listen that he is clearly no U.S. stooge. Says a senior White House official: "We expect Chalabi to be very politically active on the ground there." That may be the only thing you can count on from Ahmad Chalabi...