Where were you during the 1990 Coup?

[bignog]

It was about taking a stand to save a country from poor governance. Imagine if he did succeed, and we partnered with the rich muslim states of the middle east.

which planet you from ? them rich muslim state yuh ever see guntas having say in them land?......rite in Trinidad it have big muslim organization south side doh acknowledge blacks as being muslims........hence the reason abu bakr mosque are pink an all sorts of colors except ......green an white .........notice abu soldiers are predominantly of black caste..............ask around an doh take chain up

[clone101]

i was sweating in Orange Grove that evening and the guy who lived next to the filed had the Shell Cup Final running on the radio or tv when i 1st hear about the Coup, we continued sweating as normal cause was 5 ah side and 20 men out side still waiting for a sweat .We i go home my mother wanted to kill me lol........

[Val]

I was vex studying if I had to eat crix and cheese whole week.

[matthewmazda]

It was a few years later when the amnesty was declared invalid by the Privy Council, yet the Jamaat members were never rearrested. Reasons for this are unclear.
PNM ? NAR ?

[The_Honourable]

Wasn't there a book published....would like to get my hands on a copy.

Two books actually:

Days of Wrath - The 1990 Coup in Trinidad & Tobago by Raoul Pantin

1990 - The Personal Account Of A Journalist Under Siege by Dennis McComie


McComie's interview about the coup and his book:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

[Team Loco]

It was about taking a stand to save a country from poor governance. Imagine if he did succeed, and we partnered with the rich muslim states of the middle east.

which planet you from ? them rich muslim state yuh ever see guntas having say in them land?......rite in Trinidad it have big muslim organization south side doh acknowledge blacks as being muslims........hence the reason abu bakr mosque are pink an all sorts of colors except ......green an white .........notice abu soldiers are predominantly of black caste..............ask around an doh take chain up

Please direct me to a mosque in south that doesnt accept black muslims

[eliteauto]

It was a few years later when the amnesty was declared invalid by the Privy Council, yet the Jamaat members were never rearrested. Reasons for this are unclear.
PNM ? NAR ?

did you read the articles posted in the thread? The following is posted on the same page as your question

When the local courts upheld the amnesty Bakr’s men had wrested from the government under the gun in the Red House in 1990, the government had appealed to the Privy Council, which ruled the amnesty “invalid” because, it said, the insurgents had continued to make new demands after agreeing to the amnesty.
But the Privy Council also ruled since four years had passed it would not be in keeping with “due process” to have the insurgents all rounded up and tried for their crimes. So they would remain free, as they have to this day.

[The_Honourable]

I was 5 at the time. Only thing i remembered was my father picking up a set of chains and tying them around all the gates in the house. My father was sleeping sound and my mom wake him up and say "Abu bakr take over d country". As the saying goes, meh father "get up schupid" lol.

I remember seeing abu bakr on d old 20 inch sharp tv but not sure if it was the exact moment when he "took ova" or it was a recording some time after.

What was always suspect growing up in the 90s was the lack of footage of the coup. I remember TV6 running a special on the anniversary somewhere in the mid-late 90s and it had some good footage there. The tv6 special showed one where Major General Ralph Brown was issuing statements to the public but the footage had a lot of static because TTT started to operate at camp ogden temporarily during the coup on the Channel 13 frequency, since the army knocked out the transmitter on cumberland hill to take abu bakr off air. It's only when YouTube came into existence then i started to see more footage of the coup.

[The_Honourable]

Here is a good documentary that was shown in the UK after the coup. It gives you an idea of the thoughts and feelings back then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

[Team Loco]

I was 16 at the time .we were one hr drive from home. My father had a brand new rental march. He made that thing move to reach home.

[Seeker]

I remembered looking to the west on Saturday morning and saw massive clouds of black smoke arising from
Port of Spain.

I recalled feeling very sad for my country. I did not care who was in Government at that point. I just
wanted to take up arms to fight against those terrorists/countrymen.

We entered POS sometime on Monday and ordered to avoid the Red House area and Woodford Square. I remembered the fires and debris everywhere that some parts resembled a real battle ground aftermath. The only thing missing was dead bodies.

From time to time, I would hear sporadic gunfire echoing from the city's centre. It sounded louder in the late evening and night. Even though I was accustomed to firearms, I was very jumpy at that time.

I sincerely hope that this country never experience this event ever again

[Redman]

Watching the video,people blame economic policies of the NAR govt in general.

These draconian policies that the NAR put in place pushed the country to the edge..

if they were that bad-why havent the succeeding govts- PNM/UNC repealed these laws???

How much of what the NAR did was actually reversed???

[Rory Phoulorie]

. . .These draconian policies that the NAR put in place pushed the country to the edge. . .

Those policies were dictated by the IMF from whom T&T was borrowing money to keep afloat during the recession.

What pushed the country over the edge was when the NAR had proposed to erect a statue of Gene Miles, Johnny O'Halloran's former mistress.

[civicman]

It was about taking a stand to save a country from poor governance. Imagine if he did succeed, and we partnered with the rich muslim states of the middle east.

which planet you from ? them rich muslim state yuh ever see guntas having say in them land?......rite in Trinidad it have big muslim organization south side doh acknowledge blacks as being muslims........hence the reason abu bakr mosque are pink an all sorts of colors except ......green an white .........notice abu soldiers are predominantly of black caste..............

Looks green and white to me with regular red ventilation blocks

[pugboy]

We should also remember the local judge who lacked the balls to rule in favour of govt
Only for privy council to revese his decisin but say they could not be held again.

One wonders how things would have been if they did not win the legal battle.

[rfari]

IMO bakr is a necessary evil because of the deep hole we dug ourselves in over the decades

[mark2.0]

No comments...

[Hdmivision]

Yeah but I wasn't in the country. Smh and the leader of coup still living and making threats!! Only in trinidad!!

[The_Honourable]

Here are some pictures:

[The_Honourable]

More pics

[The_Honourable]

Even more

[The_Honourable]

Destruction

[*$kїđž!™]

wow at pics honourable.....thanks for the share

[maj. tom]

wow. TT Regiment wasn't making joke nah.

[Slartibartfast]

It was about taking a stand to save a country from poor governance. Imagine if he did succeed, and we partnered with the rich muslim states of the middle east.

That would have been about the worst thing possible to happen to Tinidad and Tobago. Can you imagine the mulsim influence that would be felt by T&T? Remember we are extremely multi-cultural and diverse. There is no place for religious bias (or bias of any kind) here. What if that led to sharia law being implemented? What would happen if people of different religious backgrounds stared being discriminated against. What about the Hindus, Christians, Rastas and Atheists?

Religion and state are kept separate for a reason (well many reasons)

Unless you are talking about the rich muslim states that are tolerant of all religions, sexualities and walks of life. Then that would have been pretty good. Are there any such rich muslim states in the middle east?

[DFC]

Nice pics there.

[The_Honourable]

Thanks *$kїđž!™ and DFC. Will upload if I come across any more.

[DjDaniel]

Wow, Some good Photos! Who took those?

[nightrider]

Pictures truly speaks more than a million words@ The Honourable

[DVSTT]

Wow @ the pics. Didn't realize how serious it was...