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1] In 2004 there was a coup attempt by hired foreign mercenaries to topple President Nguema of the oil-rich Equatorial Guinea; planned and financed by the son of Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister, Mark Thatcher.

The plan was to install a puppet and share the oil bounty
2] Watch how the coup was planned with the knowledge of USA+UK, up to 9 months before D-Day.

But it failed as SA intelligence tipped off Zimbabwe who caught them at Harare picking up weapons en route to Malabo.

Thatcher's punishment? A fine and 4-year suspended prison sentence!
3] According to The Guardian UK, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the former UK Prime Minister, was even aware of her son's planned invasion of an independent African nation, Equatorial Guinea with other coup plotters and gave her approval.
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