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Said Britain should be "proud" of its role in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

Bill Clinton apologized for America's role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.

The United States annexed Hawaii five years after playing a role in the overthrow of its native ruler in 1893.

In the middle of the cold war, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically-elected Iranian government.

Even after extensive Senate intelligence committee hearings in the 1970's, the American role in the overthrow of Mr. Allende remains a matter of dispute and conjecture.

They had played a central role in the overthrow of the dictatorship, staging some of the earliest protests after Bouazizi's self-immolation.

"In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh," she told the audience, touching briefly and lightly on what almost everyone in her audience of Iranian-Americans knew as Operation Ajax, the Central Intelligence Agency's first major success in overthrowing a foreign government.

He then tried to establish his bona fides as a European leader, alluding to the role he played in the overthrow of the Communist government.

Cameron has said he is "proud" of the role United Kingdom played in the overthrow of Gaddafi's government.

And revanchist nationalism played a big role in the overthrow in October of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, who had championed a scheme to export natural gas.

Mr. Obama even acknowledged that the role the United States played in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government in 1953 was a source of some of the tension, then added that "rather than remain trapped in the past, I've made it clear to Iran's leaders and people that my country is prepared to move forward".