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The '''Mongoose Gang''' was a  [[private army]] or [[militia]] which operated from 1970 to 1979 under the control of Sir [[Eric Gairy]], the [[List of heads of government of Grenada|Premier]] and later [[Prime Minister of Grenada|Prime Minister]] of [[Grenada]], and head of the [[Grenada United Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDgairy.htm|title=Eric Gairy : Biography|accessdate=2013-10-08}}</ref> 

(contracted; show full)uot;power to the people" and declaring that "the Gairy Government was born in blood, baptized in fire, christened with bullets, is married to foreigners, and is resulting in death to the people".<ref name="Foran2005">{{cite book|author=John Foran|title=Taking Power: On the Origins of Third World Revolutions|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=szJtXBrr2poC&pg=PA164|date=17 November 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-44518-4|pages=164–}}</ref>


By 1977 Gairy began receiving advice from General [[Augusto Pinochet]] of [[Chile]] on how to deal with civil unrest. His police and military also received "counter insurgency" training from the Pinochet regime. The New Jewel Movement retaliated by developing links with [[Fidel Castro]] and his Marxist government in [[Cuba]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spartacus-educational.com/COLDgairy.htm|title=Eric Gairy|accessdate=2016-06-01}}</ref>⏎
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The Mongoose Gang was used against protesters during the 1977 [[General Assembly of the Organization of American States]] hosted by Grenada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad1a70.html|title=Grenada: The "Mongoose Gang" in Grenada|accessdate=2016-06-01}}</ref>

(contracted; show full)== References ==

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[[Category:History of Grenada]]
[[Category:Private armies]]
[[Category:Militias]]
[[Category:Irregular military]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1970]]