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The Seychelles Affair: A Mercenary's Account of a Failed Coup

By Mike Hoare
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By Mike Hoare
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The remarkable story of the Seychelles Affair began in 1978 when representatives of the exiled Seychelles president approached legendary mercenary commander Mike Hoare – who had successfully quelled the uprisings in the Congo in the early 1960s – to help overthrow the Marxist regime then in power.

The coup was to take place in 1981, with Hoare’s band of men disguised as a rugby club on board a flight to the Seychelles – AK—47s hidden in the bottom of their luggage. What happened when they ar...

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