'Mercenaries' appeal in Zimbabwe : BBC breaking

emad

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Thu Dec-09-04 09:27 AM
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'Mercenaries' appeal in Zimbabwe : BBC breaking

More than 60 suspected mercenaries are to appeal against their convictions over an Equatorial Guinea coup plot.

Their lawyer said the High Court in Zimbabwe had granted permission for their case to go to the Supreme Court.

In September, former British special services officer Simon Mann was jailed for seven years but is not appealing.

Sixty-seven other suspected mercenaries were sent to prison for 12 months for illegally landing at Zimbabwe's main airport.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4082481.stm

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DulceDecorum

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Thu Dec-09-04 11:46 AM
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1. DAMN.

Why didn't they give them the death penalty?
Like they do to the mentally handicapped and children in Texas?

What use to ANYONE is the life of a mercenary?

Paging Exterminator Tom Delay:
cleanup in Aisle One.

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