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Part Two: The Dumbest Coup In World History

Behind the Bastards

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The Coups Plotter's Secret Weapons Scheme

The biggest issue facing the plotters was the problem of acquiring weaponry. In South Africa roughly 10 out of 100 people own a gun in the United States. There are 116 firearms for every human being on the African continent. Man eventually worked out a deal with an arms manufacturer Zimbabwe defense industries ZDI. They were going to have these rebels attack and take an airstrip from the government of the Congo.

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