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Originally posted by chemicaleyes
FACING EXECUTION: Captain Simon Mann, shown here playing a role in an ITV dramatisation of Bloody Sunday is locked up in Harare
A FORMER SAS officer from Hampshire faces execution after being accused of plotting a coup in an oil-rich African state.
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Opponents say Capt Mann was the leader of 60 mercenaries prepared to kill for money and topple the government of Equatorial Guinea, which is supported by South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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Date Published: Monday 15 March 2004
http://www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk/d...EWS_NEWS9.html
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I've been watching all of this with a keen interest, had it gone off without a hitch, Equatorial Guinea would have been the Oman of Africa but I have to wonder how these guys fucked it up as bad as they did.
They bought the plane they used from a broker in the U.S. two weeks ago and it still had the markings of the U.S.A.N.G. on the side which would stick out as much on a runway in Zimbabwe as Osama bin Laden going out for a jog on the Washington D.C. mall, and the plane still had its U.S. FAA N number (N4610)
It seems that everyone knew that this was going on except the planners, both the South African & Zimbabwean intelligence were aware of this operation and there is a rumor floating around that Simon Mann might have been paid to get caught by Mugabe, who wanted this all for propaganda.
Its been a week, I can't wait to hear the whole story on this!