Mann gets seven years

by ditto Tue Sep 14, 2004 00:43

Thatcher arrested for supporting Terrorism
by Hilaal Saturday, Aug 28 2004


Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Lady Thatcher was arrested at his house in Cape Town,South Africa and was charged under South Africa's anti-mercenary laws in connection with an alleged coup attempt in the oil-rich state of Equatorial Guinea.

Sir Mark "Scratcher" Thatchers friend and associate Simon Mann has just been convicted by a Zimbabwean court of attempting to buy arms for a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. When sentenced, he faces fifteen years in prison. US, British, and Spanish intelligence agencies were involved in the plot to launch a coup in oil-rich and poverty-stricken Equatorial Guniea.


http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CRU3H4OQTUDF4CRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=572895§ion=news


The son of an England cricket captain who made a fortune from the Watney's brewing empire and a former 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) terrorist in Northern Ireland, Mann now lives/lived in Cape Town where he sold computer security equipment and ran a business providing mercinaries to wealthy clients in South Africa. He administers the web site of Logo Logistics, the firm that contracted the US-registered Boeing 727-100 cargo plane to Zimbabwe last March.


http://www.sandline.com/company/index.html


As his plane sat on the runway at Harare airport , Mann watched from the main terminal. He was there to ensure the safety of the 67 mercenaries on board and to supervise the loading of a large quantity of arms, including mortars, Kalashnikovs and 30,000 rounds of ammunition. However the Zim authorities surrounded the plane and arrested the former SAS man and his merry band.

Nick du Toit, a South African soldier of fortune was soon arrested in Equatorial Guinea, Africa's third largest oil developer, with a further 15 suspected mercenaries/terrorists. He confessed to being part of the coup plot and has implicated others including....


Ely Calil, a Chelsea-based millionaire is accused by the Equatorial Guinea government of helping to organise the coup from his home in west London. During his years in London he developed links with senior Tory and Labour politicians. At one time he was financial adviser to the "Lord" Jeffrey Archer. In 1999 Peter Mandelson rented one of Calil's luxury flats in Holland Park for a year, shortly before his time as Northern Ireland secretary.

The government of Equatorial Guinea has also issued a warrant for the arrest of David Hart, a British businessman with links to the THATCHER family, and claims it has evidence to show he helped to fund the coup plot.

Hart was Maggie Thatcher's chief enforcer during the miners' strike and handed out money to strike breaking scabs. He served as a special adviser to Malcolm Rifkind and Michael Portillo under Tory governments. Hart is known to have excellent access to the US administration and worked closely with the former CIA director William Casey in the early and mid-1980s.

"Sir Scratcher" Thatcher is currently on bail but has made complaints to the South African Police Service that while in custody his expensive watch, jacket and shoes were taken from him by fellow prisoners. "Crpies chaps the fuzzie guzzies took me duds".

by Evener realer again nationalist Tue Sep 14, 2004 13:35

I hope you muliculturalists realise that even your beloved African Countries like Zimbabwe have immigration laws. Are you going to protest about that ?

by peter Tue Sep 14, 2004 13:56

Fuzzie WUZZIES was a term used by Kipling to describe the Mahdi's Dervish army in Sudan, due to their shaggy hair and beards. Their fanatical brand of Islam certainly would not sit well in a multi-cultural democracy.

by Hilaal Wed Sep 15, 2004 01:41

Ireland is a class "A" country in the eyes of Zimbabwe. The requirement for a visa or any form of payment for entry has been abolished.

To emigrate to Zimbabwe contact:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Munhumutapa Building,
P.O. Box 4240 Harare,
Zimbabwe

or
Telephone : 727005 Fax: +263-4-705161

by bobby m Wed Sep 15, 2004 14:37

I don't think the government is welcoming in white settlers right now.

by Bubble Wed Sep 15, 2004 16:43

Not a good time to go, unless you have plenty of 'disposable assets' to give away at the muzzle of an AK47.

by vapidity hour Wed Sep 15, 2004 17:24

anyone been to Zimbabwe?
last we've ever mentioned it was for the cricket hoo haa.

by Nigel Hewlett-James Wed Sep 15, 2004 22:24 Ballydehob

While Zimbabwe has been suffering a long drought and economic impoverishment brought about by British Intelligence and Corporate efforts to make Mugabe look bad, it is not at all like you read in the papers or hear on radio or TV.

Zimbabwe has many opportunities in all sorts of areas but not as has been said for "White Settlers".

The term "White Settlers" refers to industrial scale farmers (5000-20,000 acres) who basically run slave camps and supple large chain stores in Europe and the US with cheap produce. The effect of these eco-terrorists has been to give african workers a pittance for long hard work. They have destroyed large tracks of the country with over-fertilisation, overuse of pesticides and others mass farming problems.

They and the British ethos they spread in a country trying to make its way out of centuries of colonial and imperial oppression is not at all welcome, and why should it be? Give them the muzzle of the AK by all means

For those who would genuinely work as an equal with the Zimbabwean people there are many opportunities.

by - Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:18

A South African judge ruled today that Sir Mark Thatcher must answer questions under oath from Equatorial Guinea on an alleged coup plot that he is accused of bankrolling

by Barry Wed Nov 24, 2004 19:26

I dearly hope his mumsy-wumsy gets to see her little lammikins locked up in one for his criminal activity.

How awful that some of his clothes were taken from him during his brief stint in the big-house. At least he wasnt forced to wear only a blanket for 6 years.

Lets just hope for his sake he doesnt claim to be a politically motivated prisoner. "A crime is a crime , is a crime" after all.