Ely Calil
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SA mercenaries 'do not face jail'...part in the foiled coup. He also reiterated his claims that London-based Lebanese millionaire Ely Calil and Sir Mark Thatcher, son of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, had been involved in the plot. He said he was anxious that... In this article: Simon Mann, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Ely Calil, Mark Thatcher, Jacob Zuma, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, and Margaret Thatcher |
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 04, 2009
Simon Mann ready to help prosecute Sir Mark Thatcher
...for the prosecution," he said. In his testimony, Mann said he was recruited by Sir Mark, who allegedly took him to London to be vetted by Mr Calil, who he identified as the "boss" of the whole operation. Yesterday, speaking in Equatorial...
In this article: Simon Mann, Mark Thatcher, Equatorial Guinea, Margaret Thatcher, London, Britain, and Dog
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The Australian | November 04, 2009
Soldier of misfortune
...and daughter live. Calil, the British-Lebanese businessman who prosecutors in Equatorial Guinea want to interview about the plot, came to Thatcher's defence in an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph. "He was like a prize to...
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, London, and Britain
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Simon Mann 'very anxious' for Sir Mark Thatcher to face justice
...and Sir Mark, son of the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Mann, an Old Etonian, implicated them as organisers and financiers of the failed plot during his trial. Mann said he had made statements to British investigators while he...
In this article: Simon Mann, Mark Thatcher, Equatorial Guinea, London, Britain, Margaret Thatcher, and Teodoro Obiang Nguema
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Guardian Unlimited | November 04, 2009
Mann - I'll testify against Thatcher
...a fresh inquiry that could lead to him giving evidence against his two old friends. Mann warned Thatcher and Calil, who deny any involvement in the plot, that he will repeat in a British court the allegations he has made to Metropolitan...
In this article: Simon Mann, Mark Thatcher, Allegation, Equatorial Guinea, UK, Luton airport, and Jacob Zuma
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Seattle Times | November 04, 2009
Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter returns home to UK
...that detectives visited the country three times last year. Mann has said he met with Thatcher and Calil in London to plot the coup - an offense under Britain's terrorism laws. "I know Simon - he is really going to go all out to implicate...
In this article: Simon Mann, Mark Thatcher, Britain, Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Eli Calil, and United States
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BBC News | November 04, 2009
Freed E Guinea plotter regrets coup
Mr Calil also said he was "thrilled" at the news. Before leaving for the UK, Mann said: "I am very anxious that Calil, Thatcher and one or two of the others should face justice." Sources in Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command...
In this article: Simon Mann, Mark Thatcher, Equatorial Guinea, Jacob Zuma, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, UK, South Africa, and Frank Gardner
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Ely Calil (born 8th December 1945 in Kano, Nigeria) is a Lebanese businessman holding British citizenship. He successfully negotiated a number of oil mining deals in Nigeria in the 1980s. He is a father of five (including actor George Calil), currently living in Chelsea, London.
In 2004 he was charged as one of the fixers and financiers in the background of a planned coup-d'état in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. Calil is currently sought by courts both in Equatorial Guinea and South Africa. He is generally believed to be the character nicknamed Smelly in the prison notes of Simon Mann, the leading mercenary of the planned coup-d'etat.
In 2002, Calil was arrested in Paris in connection with the Elf Aquitaine bribery but was never formally charged.
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