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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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    The private armies of the godmen: Ram Rahim’s Dera under scanner after reports of ex-army mercenaries training militias for gurus

    indianews The private armies of the godmen: Ram Rahim’s Dera under scanner after reports of ex-army mercenaries training militias for gurus By MANJEET SEHGAL 29 November 2014 21:01 Babus cannot live… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    “A good one though rather for the foreign market”: mercenary writing and Scott’s Quentin Durward

    “A good one though rather for the foreign market”: mercenary writing and Scott’s Quentin Durward  Erik Simpson  Studies in Romanticism. 48.4 (Winter 2009): p667. The Mercenary Context: Machiavelli, Ferguson, Smith IN… 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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    The Return of the Mercenary

    The Return of the Mercenary How private armies, and the technology they use, are changing warfare Kathy Gilsinan Mar 25 2015, 10:39 AM ET Rande Archer/Flickr The use of mercenaries in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    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

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    UKRAINE TO LEGALIZE THE ENGAGEMENT OF FOREIGN SOLDIERS

    UKRAINE TO LEGALIZE THE ENGAGEMENT OF FOREIGN SOLDIERS WPS: Defense & Security Dmitry Runkevich, Yelena Malai Izvestia (Moscow issue), March 20, 2015, p. 3 23 March 2015 THE SUPREME RADA IS… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    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

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    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

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    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

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