On 6 Jan 2015, at 12:50, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
> On 1/6/2015 1:01 AM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:
>> However, there was an instance, back in the '70's or early '80's where a group of mercs in powerboats seized control of one of the very small island nations in the the Indian Ocean (the name escapes me).
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>> <snop/>
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> You may be thinking of Col. Mike Hoare's aborted coup attempt in the Seychelles Islands.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hoare#The_Seychelles_affair_and_subsequent_conviction

Yes, he wasn't called 'mad Mike' for nothing...

Regard, Andy

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