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Topic: Military Coup

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark A. Milley (R) listens while US President Donald Trump speaks before a meeting with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on October 7, 2019. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's military coup almost happened

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump; Michael Flynn (Getty/Joe Raedle/Alex Wong/Salon)

There's still reason to fear a coup

Heather Digby Parton
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Manchester, NH. (Getty Stock/ AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Biden, Warren so far silent on Bolivia

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe reads his birthday card as he marks his 93rd birthday at his offices in Harare, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Mugabe described his wife Grace, an increasingly political figure, as "fireworks" in an interview marking his 93rd birthday. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) (AP)

Why the Zimbabwe coup may turn violent

Rut Diamint - The Conversation
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Turkish soldiers block Istanbul's Bosporus Bridge after a reported military coup attempt on Friday, July 15, 2016 (AP/Emrah Gurel)

Military coup in Turkey

Ben Norton
Debbie Dunnegan-Waters (Erin Dunnegan)

GOP official urges coup

Luke Brinker
Egyptian soldiers move near a burnt annex building of Rabaa Adawiya mosque in Cairo, August 15, 2013. (Reuters/Amr Dalsh)

Egypt's blood is on our hands

Andrew O'Hehir
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Can coups be democratic?

Alex Seitz-Wald
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