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Post by Jaqhama on Feb 19, 2010 12:41:49 GMT
Linda and I were just reading about the latest coup in Niamey, Niger and we came across this little gem in regards to an earlier coup in 1999.
During Niger's 1999 coup, though, the country's military strongman was killed in a hail of heavy machine-gun fire at Niamey's airport as he prepared to board a helicopter. Official announcements at the time insisted it was an "unfortunate accident."
Of course, could have happened to anyone, couldn't it?
The old story, a helicopter and a usurper and a machine gun, all in the same place, just an accident asking to happen, really.
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