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2025-05-10 -Obits-

Mercenary and coup plotter Simon Mann dies

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-05-10 04:07|| || Front Page|| [127 views ] Top

#1 In 2011, he said the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea - which saw him arrested with fellow mercenaries after trying to load weapons onto a plane in Zimbabwe - was foiled by the CIA.

Dictator and president for life Teodoro Obiang Nguema was one of our men. Nobody messes with our men.

Mail - The then Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe secured a large amount of oil from Guinea, widely believed to be in return for sending Mann north to meet his fate.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-05-10 04:29|| 2025-05-10 04:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, well! Life imitates art! Watch the movie "The Dogs of War!"

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2025-05-10 15:07|| 2025-05-10 15:07|| Front Page Top

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