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08/20/2004:

"Acquit Zim 70 - lawyers"

Harare - Lawyers representing 70 suspected mercenaries held in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea asked the court on Friday to acquit most of the men.

The men were arrested in March when their Boeing 727 landed in Harare to pick up a consignment of weapons, including rifles, grenades, rocket-launchers and mortars which Zimbabwe says were to be used to oust the regime in Equatorial Guinea.

Full Article : news24.com