- They have been in jail for a year now. There is absolutely
no proof that they really were mercenaries. There has been talk that once
released back to South Africa they might be prosecuted over here, too.
I still think this could be an intelligence trick. We should never forget
the possibility that there was high-level conniving behind the scenes and
that this was planned.
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- Don't be surprised to find that South Africa itself is
behind this one. Why? Because South African Intelligence "alerted"
Zimbabwe of a planeload of "mercenaries" leaving the country.
If they knew about the mercenaries - why then didn't they stop the plane
from taking off? The whole thing smells.
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- This was also to "send a message" to "White
males" who work as security guards and mercenaries elsewhere in the
world. In my view, the real aim of the game was to scare men - both White
and Black - who engage in "private security/military" work elsewhere
in the world. This is a typical commie trick. Throw some innocent people
in jail, make false claims, but do it, just to show them who really has
the power.
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- From the very first, it was completely obvious that these
men were completely innocent. It appears they were really just a bunch
of security guards on their way to protect a mine in the DRC (Zaire).
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- Note how the some of the Whites in this are going to
spend a couple more years rotting in a Zimbabwean prison hell-hole. -
Jan
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- Zimbabwe To Release 'Mercenaries'
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- BBC News 5-12-5
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- Sixty men linked to an alleged coup plot in Equatorial
Guinea are due to be deported from Zimbabwe to South Africa after more
than a year in custody.
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- Defence lawyer Alwyn Griebenow said they would be taken
by bus from Harare to Beit Bridge border crossing, where immigration officials
will meet them.
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- They are in good health apart from one with tuberculosis,
he added.
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- Coup charges against the men were not proven, but they
were convicted of breaking Zimbabwe's immigration laws.
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- They will be reunited with their families before facing
possible charges in South Africa, their lawyer said.
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- The alleged ring-leader of the plot, Briton Simon Mann,
and the two pilots of the plane, remain in prison in Zimbabwe on longer
sentences.
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- Weapons question
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- The men being released had been travelling on South African
passports when they were arrested in March 2004 after their chartered plane
touched down at Harare airport to pick up weapons.
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- Zimbabwean prosecutors said they had been en-route to
Equatorial Guinea to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
in the oil-rich country.
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- The men said the weapons were to be used for guarding
diamond mines in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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- In Equatorial Guinea, 14 other people have been found
guilty of charges linked to the coup plot, including plot leader Nick du
Toit who received 34 years.
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- Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of former UK Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher, was given a suspended jail term in South Africa and
fined after agreeing a plea bargain to help investigators.
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- Previous reports said that there were 62 prisoners due
for release but latest reports refer to 60.
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- Under South African law, they could be charged with engaging
in military activities abroad without official permission.
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- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4538707.stm
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