Consider, for example, the long list of governments that Britain has itself directly overthrown or tried to overthrow: Iran (1953), British Guiana (1953 and 1963), Egypt (1956), Indonesia (1957-1958, 1965), Yemen (1962-1970), Oman (1970), Libya (1996), Yugoslavia (1999), Afghanistan (2001). There are also numerous cases where Britain has welcomed the overthrow of governments by the US, such as: Guatemala (1954), Iraq (1963), Vietnam (1963), Dominican Republic (1965), Chile (1973), Nicaragua (1980s) and Panama (1989)