Look At This... (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Secret D-Day documents discovered The Thirty Years War Simon Mann, freed dog of war, is demanding justice The capture of Adolf Eichmann is one of the more daring spy operations in the post WWII era. The story spans 17 years, beginning with Eichmann's clandestine escape from the Allied forces and the Nuremberg trial, and ending with his hanging in Israel Military Censorship of Photographs in World War...
HPANWO Voice (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
This is interesting: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225860/Will-Dog-War-Simon-Mann-Mark-Thatcher-bars.html I’m afraid I have no sympathy for Simon Mann. He was involved in a plot to ferment a coup in Africa for business purposes. Such activities have ruined the lives of millions of people across the Third World by creating poverty and oppressive regimes. Also he’s a very naïve...
Craig Murray (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I am not rejoicing at the return of Old Etonian Simon Mann from jail in Equatorial Guinea. His failed coup attempt was just one of a series of ventures in which a group of upper class public school English former officers worked with former apartheid era forces to try to seize control of mineral resources across Africa. You can find the story of my own involvement with them, the full background and...
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I think it is wonderful that Simon Mann has been pardoned and freed .......... he has suffered enough and been punished enough ........... There are several...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
You published an article by ex-minister Kim Howells ( Comment, 4 November ) calling for "necessarily intrusive" surveillance of Muslim communities in Britain because of the al-Qaida threat. The day after you reported that Irish Republican "dissidents" are committed to carrying out terrorist attacks in mainland Britain ( Report , 5 November). Will Howells now call for "necessarily...
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I am grateful to Simon Mann and Mark Thatcher for one thing. They have made it marginally easier to remember the capitals of smaller African countries, a subset of general knowledge of which I am fond but in which I am deficient. There is a better chance now that Malabo will stick in my mind, not least because I know that it is on the island of Bioko, formerly Fernando Po, which is part of the territory...
Another Green World (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Mercenaries are increasingly being used to seize land from local communities so that it can be exploited by elites for oil and mineral wealth. Sandlines who were being used in Papua New Guinea are one example. The Mark Thatcher coup in Equatorial Guinea which was to be carried out by Simon Mann is another example. The use of right wing para militaries in Colombia to free up land from indigenous people...
Military Analysis (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
This is coolbert : "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" - - Shakespeare. The last "dog of war" has been released from prison. Simon Mann. " Friends welcome Simon Mann's release " "Metropolitan Police confirm continuing investigation which could lead to some alleged conspirators in failed Equatorial Guinea coup facing trial in British courts Simon Mann: I'll testify...
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
It was a priceless moment for freed mercenary Simon Mann when he hugged his wife Amanda and held his toddler, Arthur, born after he had been imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea over a bungled coup.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed 'Wonga Coup' – including Mark Thatcher The statements had a certain similarity. Sir Mark Thatcher and London-based millionaire Ely Calil, two people alleged to have played key roles in the failed coup attempt in an oil-rich West African state, were either "delighted"...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Simon Mann has been urged by Foreign Office officials to remain silent about the coup attempt that left him languishing in an African prison, and settle for a "quiet life" with his wife and family in the UK, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Lucy Mangan on the people in the spotlight Iron laddie David Cameron So, Dave, how went the week? Did you announce a series of strikingly brilliant policies to sort out the NHS? Innovative solutions for the economic crisis, starting with using George's pocket money to recapitalise Lloyds TSB? No? What did happen then? Nothing? Really? Are you completely sure there wasn't a little something? A little...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
FREED mercenary Simon Mann celebrated his freedom with his wife Amanda yesterday as he thanked people for the "warmth" shown since his release from a 34-year jail sen
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
If Simon Mann was a dog of war, by the time he emerged from the notorious Black beach prison in Equatorial Guinea this week he looked thoroughly de-fanged
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
With its top-class cast and horribly fascinating location there could scarcely be any more to love about the Mann saga There are better ways to open a newspaper column than this, but please ignore most of what follows. It was all written in the grip of Stendhal syndrome. In case you are unfamiliar with the condition – and if you are, I urge you to co-opt it into your repertory company of imagined...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Simon Mann the freed mercenary celebrated his freedom with his wife Amanda as he thanks people for the "warmth" shown to him since he was released from jail.
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