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    Mercenary world: part two

    Mercenary world: part two Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts 7 April 2015 International law expert Katherine Fallah says there’s little accountability over private armies with weak, confusing and opaque regulations meaning transgressions… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    The market for mercenaries

    The market for mercenaries Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts 7 April 2015 Private army contractors still have a bad international image, but their numbers have been growing dramatically since the end of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Ukrainian Rada Considers Legalizing Use of Mercenaries

    Ukrainian Rada Considers Legalizing Use of Mercenaries © Sputnik/ Evgeny Kotenko Europe 15:04 24.04.2015Get short URL 84117 Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada moved to consider a law legalizing the use of mercenaries and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    South Africa’s ageing white mercenaries who helped turn tide on Boko Haram

    South Africa’s ageing white mercenaries who helped turn tide on Boko Haram Battle-hardened soldiers, many of them paramilitary leftovers of the apartheid regime, have pursued private wars simply to put bread… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    WAR ON TERROR – SECURITY EXPERTS BACK USE OF MERCENARIES

    WAR ON TERROR – SECURITY EXPERTS BACK USE OF MERCENARIES AllAfrica 03-22-2015 War On Terror – Security Experts Back Use of Mercenaries Abuja, Mar 22, 2015 (Daily Independent/All Africa Global Media… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    US, European “private armies”, “mercenaries” fighting in Ukraine

    US, European “private armies”, “mercenaries” fighting in Ukraine – Russian TV BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union 04-06-2015 RUSSIA — American and European “private armies” and “mercenaries” are fighting pro-Russia rebels in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    U.S. vets return to Mideast to battle past and present demons

     U.S. vets return to Mideast to battle past and present demons  In this Feb. 26, 2015 photo, Jamie Lane, 29, an American veteran originally from Mt. Pleasant Michigan, poses for a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Mercenaries from various countries serve in Armenia’s army

    Mercenaries from various countries serve in Armenia’s army 14 April 2015 [17:10] – TODAY.AZ /By AzerNews Mushvig Mehdiyev/ Armenia attracts mercenaries from foreign countries to serve in its army, said a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Simon Mann : I’ve learnt my lesson. Now, any coups going?

    Features Simon Mann : I’ve learnt my lesson. Now, any coups going? sundaytimes.co.uk By Rosie Kinchen 12 April 2014 20:01 The one-time dog of war is rebuilding his life after five… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Leash the dogs of war; Mercenaries in Africa

    The Economist 21 Mar. 2015: 42(US). Leash the dogs of war; Mercenaries in Africa South Africa struggles in vain to ban soldiers of fortune DURING the 1980s Leon Lotz fought for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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