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    3. Colombian Mercenaries Refuse Planned Assault Near Volchansk and Desert
    4. Colombian mercenaries refused to go on the assault in the Kharkiv region
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    1. A Belarusian who became a Russian mercenary returned to Slutsk — unnoticed by law enforcement. He calls on others not to die for Russia
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    5. Colombia’s Legal Aid for Accused Mercenaries Deepens Controversy in Haiti Assassination Case
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    1. The Congo as a Site of Capital Accumulation: Erik Prince and the Privatization of War
    2. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency and the Information Work of the Nineteenth-Century Surveillance State
    3. Noncitizen Soldiers: Explaining Foreign Recruitment by Modern State Militaries
    4. In-House Vs. Outsourced Trolls: How Digital Mercenaries Shape State Influence Strategies.
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