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Article: Nic Maclellan on Fiji's continuing revolution.(Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup)(Book Review)
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- October 1, 2002
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William Sutherland and Robbie Robertson, Government by the Gun--the unfinished business of Fiji's 2000 coup, Pluto Press, Leichhardt, 2001.
On 2 November 2000, I was returning home to Fiji after travelling overseas. Out of the blue, a phone call at the airport warned me that there was shooting at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks--headquarters for the Fiji Military Forces in the capital, Suva.
The quickest trip into town from Nausori airport runs past the barracks but, in true Fiji style, the taxi driver told me: `No worries!' As we neared the barracks, however, and saw men armed with M-16 rifles blocking the road, we decided discretion was the better part ...