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Part Two: The Dumbest Coup In World History

Behind the Bastards

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Angola - A New Kind of Mercenary

Simon Mann was an early example of a new sort of mercenary. The type familiar with company law bank transfers and investor agreements. He's the Eric Prince type, right? Where he's good at running a corporation. And he also just thinks it's cool to have an army. It doesn't end well though.

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