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Governments, particularly the United States government, have been accused of carrying false flag coups d’etat, in order to install friendly governments in foreign countries. Some of these have since been acknowledged – such as Operation Ajax (1953), a covert coup to topple the democratically elected leaders of Iran. Some other coups that some believe may have been actively supported by the United States government include the following:
- 1963 – Within the United States, the Kennedy assassination
- 1975 Bangladeshi coup d’etat
- 1975 – Gough Whitlam – theory that the dismissal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam by Governor-General John Kerr in 1975 was brought about by U.S. intelligence operatives unhappy with Whitlam’s economic, social and foreign policies.
- 1980 Turkish coup d’état
- 1991 Haiti coup d’etat
- 1992 Venezuelan coup d’état attempts
- 1998 Indonesian Revolution
- 1999 Pakistani coup d’état