You should know better than to believe everything you read in alt.folklore.urban, even the debunking. There was a brief Libyan-backed coup in Trinidad & Tobago in July 1990. Here are a few Reuters headlines in reverse chronological order, courtesy of Lexis/Nexis. I also recall a couple of excellent articles in The Economist. I believe that the Symantec story has at least some truth to it. I don't read alt.folklore.urban, so I won't post there, but someone should. -rich Copyright 1991 Reuters April 9, 1991, Tuesday, AM cycle LENGTH: 167 words HEADLINE: TRINIDAD COUP HEARING POSTPONED AFTER NOISY COURTROOM PROTESTS DATELINE: PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad BODY: A pretrial hearing for 18 of the alleged plotters in the July 1990 Trinidad coup attempt was postponed Tuesday because of noisy courtroom protests. Members of the black Moslem Jamaat al Muslimeen group chanted and banged ... Copyright 1990 Reuters October 2, 1990, Tuesday, BC cycle LENGTH: 3422 words HEADLINE: WORLD NEWS EVENTS SCHEDULED DURING THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS BODY: ... visits (until Oct. 10). NASHVILLE Country Music Association annual awards. PORT-OF-SPAIN Expected starting date of Trinidad coup plotters trial. STOCKHOLM Nobel Prize for Medicine announced. STRASBOURG, France European Parliament plenary session (until ... ... visits (until Oct. 10). Copyright 1990 Reuters September 13, 1990, Thursday, AM cycle LENGTH: 371 words HEADLINE: TRINIDAD COUP PLOTTERS FACE TRIAL BYLINE: By Lindsay MacKoon DATELINE: PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad Copyright 1990 Reuters August 23, 1990, Thursday, AM cycle LENGTH: 184 words HEADLINE: TRINIDAD COUP HEARING DELAYED OVER SECURITY CONCERNS DATELINE: PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad Copyright 1990 Reuters August 15, 1990, Wednesday, AM cycle LENGTH: 387 words HEADLINE: TRIAL OF TRINIDAD MOSLEM REBELS COULD BEGIN NEXT WEEK BYLINE: By Lindsay MacKoon DATELINE: PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad BODY: ... 1 and transferred to Trinidad's state prison under heavy security. Caribbean nations, worried about the economic conditions that contributed to the Trinidad coup attempt, plan to hold a meeting to discuss ways of improving regional security. Barbados Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford ... Copyright 1990 Reuters July 31, 1990, Tuesday, AM cycle LENGTH: 496 words HEADLINE: ANY FLIGHT WILL DO FOR THOUSANDS THRONGING TRINIDAD AIRPORT BYLINE: By Peter Zollman DATELINE: PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad BODY: Thousands of sweaty tourists and business people trying to flee the chaos of the Trinidad coup attempt jammed Piarco International Airport Tuesday, jostling and shoving to get on any available flight out of the island. Copyright 1990 Reuters July 30, 1990, Monday, AM cycle LENGTH: 96 words HEADLINE: AGREEMENT TO END TRINIDAD COUP ATTEMPT BREAKS DOWN BYLINE: By Peter Zollman DATELINE: PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad Copyright 1990 Reuters July 29, 1990, Sunday, AM cycle LENGTH: 507 words HEADLINE: MORE THAN 300 WOUNDED IN TRINIDAD COUP AS TALKS BOG DOWN BYLINE: By Peter Zollman DATELINE: PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad