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Part One: The Dumbest Coup In World History

Behind the Bastards

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Mad Mike Kills a Lot of People

In the early 1980s, 62 year old Mad Mike Hori led 40 men in an attempt to overthrow the socialist regime of the Seychelles and reinstall an old pro capitalist president. They dressed as rugby players with a drinking club named E ancient order of froth blowers; they hid their AK-47s and fake bottom bags and posed as tourists. Unfortunately, they all got drunk as shit on the flight over. And so they were really drunk when they arrived at the arrival's call and they started a fight with customs. So again, Mike and his men had overwhelming firepower, but they were also hammered. So they shot one of their own men to death and then killed

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