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U.S. Forces Were Training The Guinean Soldiers Who Took Off To Stage A Coup by Curious345: 2:32am On Sep 20, 2021
American military officials have denounced the ouster of a president in West Africa, and said they had no warning of what their students were planning.

NAIROBI, Kenya — American Green Berets were training local forces in the West African nation of Guinea last weekend when their charges peeled away for a mission not listed in any military training manual: They mounted a coup.

Gunfire rang out as an elite Guinean Special Forces unit stormed the presidential palace in the capital, Conakry, early Sunday, deposing the country’s 83-year-old president, Alpha Condé. Hours later a charismatic young officer, Col. Mamady Doumbouya, announced himself as Guinea’s new leader.

The Americans knew him well.

A team of about a dozen Green Berets had been in Guinea since mid-July to train about 100 soldiers in a special forces unit led by Colonel Doumbouya, who served for years in the French Foreign Legion, took part in American military exercises and was once a close ally of the president he overthrew.


People celebrating in the streets with members of Guinea’s armed forces on Sunday, after soldiers toppled Guinea’s president, Alpha Condé, in a coup d’etat in the capital, Conakry. Credit... Cellou Binani/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Re: U.S. Forces Were Training The Guinean Soldiers Who Took Off To Stage A Coup by mainkendo: 2:35am On Sep 20, 2021
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Re: U.S. Forces Were Training The Guinean Soldiers Who Took Off To Stage A Coup by expertman(m): 3:42am On Sep 20, 2021
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Re: U.S. Forces Were Training The Guinean Soldiers Who Took Off To Stage A Coup by hisgrace090: 4:34am On Sep 20, 2021
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Re: U.S. Forces Were Training The Guinean Soldiers Who Took Off To Stage A Coup by delzbaba(m): 8:06am On Sep 20, 2021
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