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| Frederick Forsyth stumbles on G-Bissau drama |
| 2009-03-04 |
| Author Frederick Forsyth has told the BBC of his surprise to find himself in Guinea-Bissau on the day the president and army chief were assassinated. The British writer flew in to research a new book as the country was plunged into a drama that could have leapt from the pages of one of his thrillers. The Day of the Jackal author told of the "bizarre" events as renegade troops "rather slowly" killed the president. He said the drama was "garnish on the cake" that might be in his new novel. The writer was at pains to point out: "I can assure you I had nothing to do with the coup d'etat." Forsyth has previously admitted helping to finance a 1973 coup attempt in another West African state, Equatorial Guinea. Those events were the inspiration for his 1974 book The Dogs of War, which chronicles a failed plan by a group of European mercenaries to topple the government of a fictional African country. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #8 needed more Cow Bell |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-04 22:53 |
| #7 Good movie. One of Christopher Walken's early ones. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-03-04 22:35 |
| #6 The Dogs of War, which chronicles a failed plan by a group of European mercenaries to topple the government of a fictional African country. Incorrect. They succeeded. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-03-04 22:21 |
| #5 Sir Mark Thatcher. Now that's a blast from the past. I had to look him up. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-03-04 15:59 |
| #4 Whatever you do, don't mention Trujillo... |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-03-04 15:28 |
| #3 Is Guinea-Bissau one of those African countries that Mexican and South American drug smugglers use as a way station on their way to Europe? I read a story a while back about how they were using Ivory Coast that way and the money was corrupting the hell out of the local officials because the smugglers can carry more money in one suitcase than the entire annual GDP of some of these little African countries. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-04 15:28 |
| #2 Sir Mark Thatcher, please pick up the white courtesy phone. Sir Mark Thatcher. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-04 12:54 |
| #1 Forsyth has previously admitted helping to finance a 1973 coup attempt in another West African state, Equatorial Guinea. Just a coincindence, or two, or three...nothing to see here. |
| Posted by: Gabby 2009-03-04 12:14 |
