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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Coup in Mauritania

I know nothing about the politics of Mauritania, but the news of a coup is a little less surprising when this line is included in the story, "The coup in Africa's newest oil producer...."

Anybody seen Mark Thatcher lately.....?

2 Comments:

  • 12,000 barrels a day hardly seems enough to keep Dick Cheney's pacemaker going.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:31 PM  

  • Yeah, and probably should also add that the former government was trying to go more islamist, so a coup by more secular generals.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 3:20 PM  

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