"At the very same time, coups by U.S.-trained officers have become an increasingly common occurrence in West Africa. Last summer, for example, American Green Berets arrived in Guinea to train a special forces unit led by Col. Mamady Doumbouya, a young officer who had also served in the French Foreign Legion.
In September, members of Doumbouya’s unit took a break from their training with U.S. commandos, stormed the presidential palace, and deposed the country’s 83-year-old president, Alpha Condé."