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- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
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Why media outlets still fantasize that Apartheid’s footsoldiers will be the ones to stop Boko Haram
Why media outlets still fantasize that Apartheid’s footsoldiers will be the ones to stop Boko Haram March 31, 2015 Former South African soldier Leon Lotz, killed in Borno state on March… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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South African Mercenaries Play Crucial Role In Fight Against Boko Haram
South African Mercenaries Play Crucial Role In Fight Against Boko Haram NPR: Morning Edition 26 March 2015 STEVE INSKEEP: Today is the final day of campaigning for Nigeria’s presidential election –… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Information Operations in a Contingency Environment: Summary of Weaknesses Identified in Reports Issued From October 6, 2006, Through November 7, 2013
Audit Report 03-27-2015 Joint Warfighting and Readiness Information Operations in a Contingency Environment: Summary of Weaknesses Identified in Reports Issued From October 6, 2006, Through November 7, 2013 (Project No. D2015-D000CF-0108.000)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Nigeria: Defeating Boko Haram With Mercenaries
Nigeria: Defeating Boko Haram With Mercenaries.. Photo: Monde Kingsley Nfor/IRIN (file photo) opinion By Is’haq Modibbo KawuLET me first start, that like all Nigerian patriots, I feel happy that in a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Rogue State – Jonathan, His Mercenaries and Ethnic Militias [opinion]
The Rogue State – Jonathan, His Mercenaries and Ethnic Militias [opinion] All Africa By by Adeolu Ademoyo 23 March 2015 03:13 Mar 23, 2015 (Premium Times/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
War On Terror – Security Experts Back Use of Mercenaries
War On Terror – Security Experts Back Use of Mercenaries All Africa By by Stella Omona 22 March 2015 16:03 Abuja, Mar 22, 2015 (Daily Independent/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
AAR Awarded Contract for Airlift Charter Services with UN
AAR Awarded Contract for Airlift Charter Services with UN News Staff posted on March 19, 2015 19:38 (Wood Dale, Ill., March 19, 2015) – AAR (NYSE: AIR) announces that AAR Airlift… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Stakeholders clear air on armed security on board vessels
Stakeholders clear air on armed security on board vessels 17.Mar.2015 The statement issued recently by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) that henceforth ‘all armed and unarmed’ security on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
In Boko Haram Fight, Lines Blur Between Nigeria Troops, Foreign Mercenaries
In Boko Haram Fight, Lines Blur Between Nigeria Troops, Foreign Mercenaries Chadian soldiers escorting a group of journalists ride on trucks and pickups in the Nigerian city of Damasak, Nigeria, March… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Leash the dogs of war; Mercenaries in Africa
Leash the dogs of war; Mercenaries in Africa The Economist. 414.8930 (Mar. 21, 2015): p42(US). South Africa struggles in vain to ban soldiers of fortune DURING the 1980s Leon Lotz fought… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
