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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by 1cvmask on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:50AM (#28986347)
The US has been organized in over 600 coup d'etats/regime change operations around the world since WWII. A good book on that is Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer:

https://www.amazon.com/Overthrow-Americas-Century-Regime-Cha...

A book on the CIA regime change attempts in Angola:

In Search of Enemies: A CIA Story

https://www.amazon.com/Search-Enemies-CIA-Story/dp/039300926...

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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by postingawayonhn on Monday October 25, 2021 @06:59AM (#28986383)
600 sounds a bit high. That's about one US supported coup/regime change every 6 weeks.
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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by 1cvmask on Monday October 25, 2021 @07:06AM (#28986424)
Majority fail. It's like the number of failed attempts at assassinating Castro. You only need one to succeed. Even if it's an exploding cigar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/638_Ways_to_Kill_Castro

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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by Angostura on Monday October 25, 2021 @07:28AM (#28986584)
Do 2 exploding cigars count as 2 coup attempts?
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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by 1cvmask on Monday October 25, 2021 @07:43AM (#28986693)
You only need one successful exploding cigar to succeed at overthrowing Castro. The burden of success in thwarting a coup attempt is always on the recipient.
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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by craftinator on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:19AM (#28986941)
If you pass your saving throw, add +1 to CHAR, as few things are as cool as surviving an exploding cigar!
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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by op00to on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:37AM (#28998634)
Tell that to Daffy Duck.
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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by Goety on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:20AM (#28998536)
If I had a nickel every time someone posted on a random internet forum id have a lot of nickels
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Re:Internet disrupted in Sudan amid reports of coup attempt by suprfsat on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:41AM (#28987100)
Coups d'état.
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