British mercenary pleads for mercy in African coup plot
Daniel Flynn , Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, June 20, 2008
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea - British mercenary Simon Mann sought leniency from a court in Equatorial Guinea on Friday, saying he was sorry for having been part of a failed coup plot to topple the president of the oil-rich West African state.
Mann, an Eton-educated former special forces officer, risks being sent to jail for nearly 32 years for his role in the 2004 conspiracy to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. He has said he was just "an employee" in the plot.
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Longer & better story from Times of London: Full story
Interesting related op-ed, also from the Times:June 21, 2008
The authors who let slip the dogs of war
Mercenaries make fine fiction. But in real life they are almost always doomed to failureBen Macintyre
Discussing the plot by British-led mercenaries to overthrow him, President Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea made an important cultural point: “Simon Mann was used as an instrument but there were material and intellectual authors behind it.â€
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Re: British mercenary pleads for mercy in African coup plot
It sounds to me like he was only 'sorry' for getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar....K.Ingraham wrote:http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world ... 9529e5d35c
British mercenary pleads for mercy in African coup plot
Daniel Flynn , Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, June 20, 2008
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea - British mercenary Simon Mann sought leniency from a court in Equatorial Guinea on Friday, saying he was sorry for having been part of a failed coup plot to topple the president of the oil-rich West African state.
Mann, an Eton-educated former special forces officer, risks being sent to jail for nearly 32 years for his role in the 2004 conspiracy to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. He has said he was just "an employee" in the plot.
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Longer & better story from Times of London:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 183626.ece
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