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Guinea military dismissals and desertion crackdown
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 26
AUG 26 · Day 1
Guinea president dismisses 173 soldiers including coup ally for desertion
Troops stormed the presidential palace and arrested Condé, who had been re-elected the year before for a controversial third term in office amid violent protests.
Gen Amara Camara, the president's spokesman, read out the decree on Monday.
Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite army unit which Doumbouya once commanded.