MI6 knew about Equatorial Guinea coup plot, leader claims

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Britain and the United States sanctioned the attempted coup in 2004 in Equatorial Guinea, the plot’s leader Simon Mann has claimed.

The former SAS officer turned mercenary, who led a private army against dictator, Teodoro Obiang, said MI6 and the CIA had “full visibility” of the plans and secretly supported regime change.

The plan, which was partly financed by Mark Thatcher, the son of the former Prime Minister, failed in March 2004 when Mann and 69 other mercenaries were detained at Harare airport in Zimbabwe as they loaded weapons onto an aircraft.

Mr Mann, was later sentenced to 34-years in prison for his involvement, but was pardoned and released in 2009.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8830120/MI6-knew-about-Equatorial-Guinea-coup-plot-leader-claims.html

[LeftishBrit]

1. If true -

and Simon Mann is perhaps not the most reliable of witnesses- that is going to be very explosive!