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Brian Sweat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-16-03 12:11 PM
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Troops Overthrow Government of West Africa's Sao Tome
"SAO TOME (Reuters) - Soldiers toppled the government of tiny West African nation Sao Tome and Principe at dawn Wednesday while the president of the poor but potentially oil-rich island state was out of the country."


This island is near Liberia. It is believed that there may be up to 60 billion barrels of oil under the waters surrounding this tiny island. The recently elected government consisted of a number of former marxists.

I just can't for the life of me figure out who would want to topple the democratically elected government of a small country that may have a lot of oil.

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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-16-03 12:22 PM
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1. us naval base
going up there to protect the "oil coast" of africa..these africans must be easier to push around than those dam middle easterners...
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DoveTurnedHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-16-03 02:22 PM
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