RIP ANR Robinson (former Prime Minister of T&T) died today. A true soldier. With a gun pointed to his head during the 1990 coup attempt, Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, the third Prime Minister of T&T, was given a telephone and ordered by Jamaat-al-Muslimeen insurgents holding him hostage in Parliament to tell the Army to back down. Instead, Mr Robinson shouted into the receiver, “Attack with full force!” For his defiance, he was beaten by his captors and shot in the kneecap – an injury that would stay with him for the rest of his days.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:50:08 +0000
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