More on the Intifada in the New World in 1990

Submitted by Vijay (United Kingdom), Jul 1, 2007 at 17:37

Trinidad Rebels Threaten to Kill Premier and 11 Other Hostages
July 29, 1990, Sunday
By REUTERS (NYT); Foreign Desk
Representatives of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago were negotiating tonight with Muslim coup plotters who said they had wired the Prime Minister and 11 other hostages with explosives and would blow them up if loyal forces tried to free them. Representatives of the Government of Trinidad and
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ACCORD IS STALLED IN TRINIDAD SIEGE

July 31, 1990, Tuesday
By DAVID E. PITT, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES (NYT);
Progress toward a peaceful settlement of a coup attempt by Muslim rebels was uncertain tonight after three days of tense negotiations mediated by a Anglican cleric. Progress toward a peaceful settlement of a coup attempt by Muslim rebels was uncertain tonight after three days of tense negotiations mediated ...
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Rebel Group in Trinidad: Fierce Offshoot of Islam
July 31, 1990, Tuesday
By HOWARD W. FRENCH, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Trinidad Puzzles Over Cause of the Uprising
August 5, 1990, Sunday
DAVID E. PITT, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES (NYT);
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Militant Walks Free, and Trinidad Trembles

November 11, 1992, Wednesday
By HOWARD W. FRENCH, (Special to The New York Times); Foreign Desk
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Trinidad Rebels to Be Charged
REUTERS
Published: August 10, 1990
Charges of treason and murder will be brought against 114 members of the Muslim group that sought to oust the Trinidad and Tobago Government, the police said today. The Muslims, including a 14-year-old boy, face the death penalty if convicted.
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See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago
In 1990, 114 members of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, led by Yasin Abu Bakr, formerly known as Lennox Phillip, stormed the Red House (the seat of Parliament), and Trinidad and Tobago Television, the only television station in the country at the time, and held the country's government hostage for six days before surrendering (see Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt).

Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaat_al_Muslimeen_coup_attempt
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