
Part Two: The Dumbest Coup In World History
Behind the Bastards
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Simon Mann's Life in Angola
In the early 80s, Simon Mann's social circle was made up almost exclusively of folks who were unabashed supporters of violently suppressing the left. He worked with David Sterling's company as a Rinta mercenary and hobnocked with high society. In 1992, just as Mann started sniffing around Angola in 1992, the nation found itself in the midst of a civil war. Thanks to our old buddy Paulafort, it received piles and piles of money and guns from the Reagan administration during his period. Man re enlisted and joined British Army staff and Saudi Arabia.
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