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Thatcher link to plot deepens

London: The Obiang regime in Equatorial Guinea on Friday jailed 11 foreign mercenaries for up to 34 years, as documents surfaced further implicating Mark Thatcher in a British-led coup attempt which has caused international embarrassment. A long memo from the mercenary, Simon Mann, said to be at the heart of the plot, has been seized by authorities in South Africa. A court there ruled this week that Mr. Thatcher (in the picture)would face trial in April. The memo, written before the coup attempt, refers to `MT,' identified to the South African prosecutors as Mr. Thatcher by a key witness. The document taken from the plotters' computer says Mr. Thatcher's role must be kept secret, or the coup would be at risk: Mann goes on to say that even if mercenaries succeeded in taking over the oil-rich state, news of Mr. Thatcher's role ``would particularly add to a campaign post-event, to remove us.'' — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

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