The Wonga Coup (40 page)

Executive Outcomes campaign in
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–12,
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Sierra Leone Company
82

Smelly
see
Calil, Ely

Smith, Johann (Peg Leg)
x
,
66

and the author
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279

and du Toit
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and Equatorial Guinea
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–8,
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and Moto
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–71

and Thatcher
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and Wonga Coup plot
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Somalia
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Sonage
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South Africa:

and Equatorial Guinea
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and Executive Outcomes
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and Mann
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and mercenaries
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see also
Foreign Military Assistance (Regulation of) Act

and Moto
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and Obiang
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and Wonga Coup plot
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South African Defence Force (SADF)
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South African Secret Service (SASS)
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South America
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Southern Cameroonian

Liberation Front
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Soweto
146

Soyo
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8
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Spain:

and 1973 coup attempt (Equatorial Guinea)
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colonial history/colonialism
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and Equatorial Guinea
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Madrid bombing and 2004

election
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–5

and Moto
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,
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–40,
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–1

and oil
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and Wonga Coup plot
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Special Air Service (UK)
see
SAS

Special Branch (UK)
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Spicer, Tim
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Stanley, Henry Morton
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Steyl, Crause
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and Executive Outcomes
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and Mann
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–4

and Thatcher
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and Wonga Coup plot:

aftermath
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implementation
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preparations
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Steyl, Johann
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Steyl, Niel
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and Wonga Coup plot
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–8,
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aftermath
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Steyl, Piet
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Stirling, David
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Straw, Jack
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‘student funds'
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Sudan
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–17,
147

Sunday Telegraph
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,
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Sunday Times
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,
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Suriname
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–9

Systems Design Limited
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Tchimuishi, Cecilia and Viviana
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–3,
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Tchimuishi, Eduardo
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Tembo, Paul
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Thatcher, Carol
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Thatcher, Sir Denis
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Thatcher, Diane
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Thatcher, Baroness (Margaret)
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and Mark's arrest
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Mbeki and
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Thatcher, Sir Mark (Scratcher):

arrest and conviction
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–53,
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biography
x
,
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,
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,
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and Calil
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interviews with the author
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and Mann
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and Morgan
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and Smith
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and Steyl
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and du Toit
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and Wonga Coup plotters
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32 Battalion (South African army)
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Tiga-Eiri
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Toit, Belinda du
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Toit, Nicolaas du (Niek, Nicky, Nik, NDT):

and Armengol Nguema
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biography
xi
,
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and Equatorial Guinea
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–72,
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–91,
106
–8,
173

and Mann
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–92,
129
,
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,
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and Merz
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–8

and Thatcher
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,
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,
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and Wonga Coup plot:

arrest, trial and imprisonment
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–90,
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–60,
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implementation
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–90,
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–8

preparations
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–2,
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–5,
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–2,
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–5,
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–8,
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,
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weapons
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–53

and Zimbabwe
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–52,
265

Total
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see also
Elf-Acquitaine

toxic waste
45

Transparency International
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,
228

Tremain, David
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121

and Wonga Coup plot
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Triple Options Trading (Equatorial Guinea)
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Triple Options Trading 610 CC (South Africa)
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Triton (oil company)
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–9

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Uganda
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,
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,
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,
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Unita (Uniao Nacional para la Independencia Total de Angola)
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8
–11,
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United Kingdom
see
Britain United Nations
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,
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United States of America
73
,
81
,
99

and African oil and gas
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,
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,
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–3,
226

and Armengol Nguema
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banking regulation
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–4,
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and Equatorial Guinea
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–7,
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Guantanamo Bay
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and Merz
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and Obiang
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–5,
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,
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–70

and Mark Thatcher
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and Wonga Coup plot
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Wonga Coup plotters and
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USA
see
United States of America

USSR
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V

Vanco (oil company)
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Vanity Fair
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,
250

Verona Holdings Limited
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W

Wachovia Bank
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Wade, Abdoulaye
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Wales, Greg (Oil Slick, Charles

Burrows, GW)
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biography
xii
,
78

and Mann
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,
80
–81,
295

and Moto and Obiang
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–9,
81
,
134
,
270
–71,
295

and Thatcher
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,
119
–200,
204
,
286

and Wonga Coup plot:

aftermath
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,
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–11,
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243
,
253
–4,
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,
273
,
295

implementation
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,
167
,
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–4,
183
–4,
187