Oh My! Thatcher 'gave her approval' to son Mark's failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/14/thatcher-knew-of-equatorial-giunea-coup-attempt
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Margaret Thatcher approved of a failed attempt to use an army of mercenaries to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea, according to the unpublished memoirs of the chief protagonist of the bid, former SAS officer Simon Mann.

The former prime minister, whose son, Sir Mark, was convicted in a South African court of involvement in the attempted 2004 coup, allegedly told Mann at a meeting at her Belgravia home: "I'm sure it's going to work".

It is claimed that Thatcher likened the need for radical change in the oil-rich Equatorial Guinea to the way London's Docklands had been redeveloped during the 1980s.

She is also alleged to have encouraged Mann to talk to a group seeking to overthrow the then president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, with the words: "We must always look after our friends, Simon … as I'm sure you know."

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1. " One of the great champions of freedom and liberty."

"We must always look after our friends, Simon … as I'm sure you know."

Scheming bitch.

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2. Well we both know they believe in the freedom to enrich themselves

and their friends. For the racist imperialist Thatcher, there was no problem if life is nasty, brutish and short for all others.