US, Britain aided 'mercenaries' - Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi said today that US, British and Spanish spy agencies helped suspected mercenaries…

Zimbabwean Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi said today that US, British and Spanish spy agencies helped suspected mercenaries detained in Harare in a plot against Equatorial Guinea's government.

"They were aided by the British secret service, that is MI6, . . . American Central Intelligence Agency and the Spanish secret service," Mr Mohadi told a news conference, reading from a prepared statement.

He said the aim of the suspected mercenaries had been to overthrow the government of oil-producing Equatorial Guinea.

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