countercoups

• “Following two decades of coups, countercoups, a brief union with Egypt, and chronic political instability, Defense Minister Hafez al-Assad seized power in 1970 and ruled until his death in 2000.”

  The Huffington Post: Stephen Zunes: Unarmed Resistance Still Syria's Best Hope

• “There were coups, countercoups, boycotts, journals started up to publish stuff that couldn't get published in the extant journals.”

  Michael Mann Exonerated

• “And the “Pottery Barn Rule”—“you break it, you own it”—grabbed America by the throat, with a succession of seven coups and countercoups in just the following year.”

  Simon & Schuster: Magic and Mayhem

• “Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon Bolivar, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups.”

  Bolivia

• “As a consequence the then President of Ecuador was deposed and the country suffered through political convulsions that saw four heads of state installed and quickly replaced through coups or countercoups in a period of four years.”

  Cecilia Alvear: Martians Land in Quito

• “BoliviaBolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups.”

  Background

• “Background: Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups.”

  Bolivia

• “Meanwhile, various coups and countercoups roiled the political life of Iraq, including one that brought the pan-Arab socialists of the Baath Party to power for nine months in 1963.”

  The Accuser

• “What with coups, countercoups, one-party government, and now multi-party democracy.”

  CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2007

• “Finally, in 1997, the rumors led to a quiet street in Laurelton, Queens, near the heart of the Haitian community, where for years exiles had hoped to shed the weight of their history — a history of never-ending coups and countercoups — and where Constant could be seen sitting on the porch of the white-stucco house he shared with his aunt and mother.”

  Giving "The Devil" His Due

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