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==People==
 
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Some 70 people were arrested at At Harare International Airport on 7 March 2004, 67 of whom had arrived aboard a Boeing 727 from South Africa.<ref>[http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR24/005/2005/en/dom-AFR240052005en.html Equatorial Guinea, a trial with too many flaws], [[Amnesty International]], accessed 12 April 2008.</ref>
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Some 70 people were arrested at at Harare International Airport on 7 March 2004, 67 of whom had arrived aboard a Boeing 727 from South Africa.<ref>[http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR24/005/2005/en/dom-AFR240052005en.html Equatorial Guinea, a trial with too many flaws], [[Amnesty International]], accessed 12 April 2008.</ref>
 
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*[[Mark Thatcher]]<ref>The Wonga Coup, Adam Roberts, Profile Books 2006, List of characters.</ref>
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*[[Ely Calil]] - alleged by [[Simon Mann]] to be the key backer of the coup attempt.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/12/equatorialguinea From inside Black Beach jail, a chained and shackled Simon Mann names names], by [[David Pallister]], [[The Guardian]], 12 March 2008.</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:46, 1 July 2010

Planned coup in Equatorial Guinea which unravelled on 7 March 2004.

People

Zimbabwe

Some 70 people were arrested at at Harare International Airport on 7 March 2004, 67 of whom had arrived aboard a Boeing 727 from South Africa.[1]

Equatorial Guinea

A number of foreign nationals were arrested in Malabo on 8 March 2004 in connection with the coup attempt.

Five Equatorial Guinean nationals were arrested between March and June 2004.

Canary Islands

South Africa

United Kingdom

References

  1. Equatorial Guinea, a trial with too many flaws, Amnesty International, accessed 12 April 2008.
  2. The Wonga Coup, Adam Roberts, Profile Books 2006, List of characters, Chapter 17.
  3. Equatorial Guinea, a trial with too many flaws, Amnesty International, accessed 12 April 2008.
  4. The Wonga Coup, Adam Roberts, Profile Books 2006, pp183-184
  5. The Wonga Coup, Adam Roberts, Profile Books 2006, List of characters.
  6. From inside Black Beach jail, a chained and shackled Simon Mann names names, by David Pallister, The Guardian, 12 March 2008.