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Foreign Office warns Mann to 'keep quiet'

Source: The independent
London : United Kingdom | 17 days ago  
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  • Mann returned to Britain on Wednesday
    Mann returned to Britain on Wednesday
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Mann returned to Britain on Wednesday
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 veteran mercenary returned to Britain last week after...
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    But the coup in Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, unraveled before it even began. Mann and a planeload of other mercenaries were arrested in 2004 on a chartered aircraft in Zimbabwe, where they had flown to buy assault rifles, ... Obiang
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