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::Throughout the 1980s, Dirk Coetzee had been a commander of the notorious [[Vlakplaas]] unit which was based some twenty miles outside Pretoria. Until 1989, that is, when Coetzee saw that the Apartheid game was probably up and deserted [[Vlakplaas]], making contact with the [[African National Congress|ANC]] in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia - which in previous British colonial times was described as 'Northern Rhodesia'.<ref>A Very British Jihad, Collusion, Conspiracy & Cover-up in Northern Ireland, by [[Paul Larkin]], Beyond the Pale, 2004, p199.</ref> | ::Throughout the 1980s, Dirk Coetzee had been a commander of the notorious [[Vlakplaas]] unit which was based some twenty miles outside Pretoria. Until 1989, that is, when Coetzee saw that the Apartheid game was probably up and deserted [[Vlakplaas]], making contact with the [[African National Congress|ANC]] in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia - which in previous British colonial times was described as 'Northern Rhodesia'.<ref>A Very British Jihad, Collusion, Conspiracy & Cover-up in Northern Ireland, by [[Paul Larkin]], Beyond the Pale, 2004, p199.</ref> | ||
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| + | ::Were there any other attempts on your life? --- There was - well, one well documented one in Britain, Mr Chairman, when on the 11th of April 1992 Captain [[Pamela du Rand]] and Lieutenant [[Leon Flores]] met with the Ulster Royalists, terrorists in Northern Ireland, to negotiate a contract murder on my life. They were eventually arrested on the 15th of April 1992 by Scotland Yard, and held at the Paddington Green Police Station under the Terrorism Act. A lot of communiques went out between the ... (incomplete - end of Side A, Tape 3) ... of all these attempts, and to know that I am one step ahead.<ref>[http://www.doj.gov.za/trc/amntrans/durban/coetzee1.htm Proceedings held at Durban on 5 November 1996].South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:49, 15 April 2008
- Throughout the 1980s, Dirk Coetzee had been a commander of the notorious Vlakplaas unit which was based some twenty miles outside Pretoria. Until 1989, that is, when Coetzee saw that the Apartheid game was probably up and deserted Vlakplaas, making contact with the ANC in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia - which in previous British colonial times was described as 'Northern Rhodesia'.[1]
Loyalist assassination plot
- Were there any other attempts on your life? --- There was - well, one well documented one in Britain, Mr Chairman, when on the 11th of April 1992 Captain Pamela du Rand and Lieutenant Leon Flores met with the Ulster Royalists, terrorists in Northern Ireland, to negotiate a contract murder on my life. They were eventually arrested on the 15th of April 1992 by Scotland Yard, and held at the Paddington Green Police Station under the Terrorism Act. A lot of communiques went out between the ... (incomplete - end of Side A, Tape 3) ... of all these attempts, and to know that I am one step ahead.[2]
Affiliations
References
- ↑ A Very British Jihad, Collusion, Conspiracy & Cover-up in Northern Ireland, by Paul Larkin, Beyond the Pale, 2004, p199.
- ↑ Proceedings held at Durban on 5 November 1996.South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
