Ex-Member of British Special Forces Found Guilty in Arms Plot ; Case Tied to Son of Margaret Thatcher

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HARARE, Zimbabwe - A former British special forces operative who allegedly led a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea was convicted Friday of trying to buy weapons from Zimbabwe's state arms manufacturer.

Sixty-six other suspected mercenaries were acquitted of the charge in connection to a deal that officials initially said aimed to get weapons for the planned coup plot, though the judge did not link them in his ruling Friday.

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Ex-Member of British Special Forces Found Guilty in Arms Plot ; Case Tied to Son of Margaret Thatcher

The convicted suspect, Simon Mann an alumnus of the exclusive boarding school Eton, a former British special f...

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