Thursday, August 26, 2004

Update: Zimbabwe - Equatorial Guinea coup connections

The Iron Lady is distressed. Her son has been arrested in connection with an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea.

Sir Mark Thatcher, aged 51, was arrested Wednesday and is currently under house arrest in Cape Town and facing the possibility of 15 years in jail over the accusations.

"[Lady Margaret] is very confident about the South African legal process and she is sure he will be cleared and named innocent at the end of it," [a spokesman] said.

He also denied that Mark was planning to flee South Africa, despite claims by the country's authorities that he was looking toleave and put his luxury home in Cape Town on the market and had sold some of his cars.

The spokesman said Mark had discussed selling his house, but only because he was planning to move to another Cape Town suburb.
  Xinhuanet article

Ah yes, the coup in Equatorial Guinea. Maybe Thatcher knows who the "sponsors" of that coup (led by a Brit - Simon Mann) are. You think?

So many coup attempts, so little oil.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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