For years, the United States has tried to remove Saddam by encouraging coups and internal conspiracies.
Coups and coup attempts are common in Guinea-Bissau since it won independence from Portugal in 1974.
It endured a series of coups before a military dictator, Jerry Rawlings, took power in 1981.
The country has had a string of crises and coups since independence in 1966.
As Captain Sanogo in Mali has learnt, this neighbourhood has developed zero tolerance for coups.
During the same period Thailand experienced multiple army coups, but its leaders chose a different economic path.
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West African leaders have agreed to send troops to Mali and Guinea-Bissau following coups in both countries.
Democracy was on the rise, economies were growing and the era of military coups seemed to be over.
Thailand endured umpteen coups before its most recent military government was driven out in 1992 by popular protest.
Coups can be a lucrative business, and although its main export is cashew nuts, Guinea-Bissau offers tempting opportunities.
In 1986 one of the plotters who mounted abortive coups against President Aquino had himself declared president there.
France was convulsed by coups, revolutions and counter-revolutions for the next 60 years.
So they claim to replace those right-wing or centre parties which were thrown into turmoil by successive military coups.
After a slow start the Liberal Democrats, as they became known, pulled off several by-election coups, starting in Eastbourne.
In contrast, the Union of Comoros has fared pathetically, with a score of coups or attempted coups since independence.
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Lesotho - a tiny mountainous kingdom surrounded by South Africa - has a history of coups and political unrest.
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Last week 7, 000 of them gathered in central Istanbul in a rally against coups, many of them brandishing Taraf.
Since becoming PM, Hashimoto has pulled off many more coups, including the successful re-negotiation of the U.S.-Japan defense treaty.
Sierra Leone's army, fragmented by a succession of coups, was disbanded last year.
Thailand, where coups used to be frequent events, has become bored with them.
The curators of this significant and well-researched show, Stanislaus von Moos and Jochen Eisenbrand, have pulled off several theatrical coups.
In the last calendar year, there has been instability ranging across Africa from labor strife, to military coups and warfare.
Yabes is the author of several books, including an investigative report on the attempted coups that dogged the Aquino presidency.
For years multinational business looked beyond the Thai coups and other intrigue to see a populous, well-situated country ripe for investment.
Most of that chocolate will come from West Africa, a region wracked by coups and conflict since receiving independence in the 1960s.
Mauritania has a long history of coups, with the military involved in nearly every government since its independence from France in 1960.
The CAR has a history of coups and army mutinies, as well as endemic corruption, and remains one of Africa's least developed nations.
Guinea-Bissau's history has been marked by military coups and attempted coups since the nation of 1.6 million gained independence from Portugal in 1974.
Mr Aristide pointed out last week that his bit of the island had suffered 32 coups since independence and that this must change.
Pakistan has a long history of the army seizing power in military coups, and the service is considered the most powerful institution in the country.
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