Sir Mark Thatcher formally charged in coup plot

[He219]

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Sir Mark Thatcher formally charged in coup plot

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Nov. 18 (UPI (http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041118-030831-4901r.htm)) -- Sir Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was formally charged in Equatorial Guinea in an alleged coup plot.

Thatcher was accused of having helped finance the coup attempt, Sky News reported, quoting Jone Olo Obono, attorney general of the tiny West African country.

Thatcher was added to the existing list of 19 other defendants, who are all accused mercenaries.

Equatorial Guinea intends to seek Thatcher's extradition. Thatcher was arrested in August at his home in South Africa.

Equatorial Guinea claims the takeover plot involved Thatcher and other, mainly British, financiers, working with Equatorial Guinea opposition figures alongside scores of South African mercenaries and six Armenian pilots.

The men are accused of planning to end the 25-year regime of President Teodoro Obiang, installing an exiled opposition figure to lead Africa's third-largest oil producer.

[panzerjager]

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Sir Mark Thatcher formally charged in coup plot

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Nov. 18 (UPI (http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041118-030831-4901r.htm)) -- Sir Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was formally charged in Equatorial Guinea in an alleged coup plot.

Thatcher was accused of having helped finance the coup attempt, Sky News reported, quoting Jone Olo Obono, attorney general of the tiny West African country.

Thatcher was added to the existing list of 19 other defendants, who are all accused mercenaries.

Equatorial Guinea intends to seek Thatcher's extradition. Thatcher was arrested in August at his home in South Africa.

Equatorial Guinea claims the takeover plot involved Thatcher and other, mainly British, financiers, working with Equatorial Guinea opposition figures alongside scores of South African mercenaries and six Armenian pilots.

The men are accused of planning to end the 25-year regime of President Teodoro Obiang, installing an exiled opposition figure to lead Africa's third-largest oil producer.

Nice facial expression. Will probably have it again when sent to a sweet African prison.

[usa320]

The men are accused of planning to end the 25-year regime of President Teodoro Obiang, installing an exiled opposition figure to lead Africa's third-largest oil producer.

What was the reasoning behind getting rid of Obiang?

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The men are accused of planning to end the 25-year regime of President Teodoro Obiang, installing an exiled opposition figure to lead Africa's third-largest oil producer.

What was the reasoning behind getting rid of Obiang?

I do not know why those people tried to take over, i do not know them or what they are about. He is however a brutal and corrupt dictator who obtained power by a military coup. I recommend you do some internet searches on this guy, a very nasty piece of work.
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[djon]

The men are accused of planning to end the 25-year regime of President Teodoro Obiang, installing an exiled opposition figure to lead Africa's third-largest oil producer.

What was the reasoning behind getting rid of Obiang?

good'ol money, power and gleaming oil (EG is beaming with black gold)...... afrik, most govt.s in africa are still not remotely close to being western style multiparty democracies .... they're usually 1 party rule states-with life term leaders, elected under the guise of 'open elections' every few years.

though other countries such as south africa don't really fit into that fold; it has been the best-performing democracy in africa (as of now and hopefully continues to be in the future)