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    • 10 Jun 07
    • 1:04 pm

    Hi Mono, Just a quick note about the mercenary group you mentioned- the role of private militaries in resource related conflicts is an extremely interesting literature. I did some work on that in the late 1990s, although my info now is not current. I believe you're referring to Executive Outcomes, not Executive Solutions. EO was a mercenary group made up of (decommissioned? retired?) South African soldiers looking to deploy their expertise in a post-apartheid world. They disbanded a while ago, due to the bad publicity they were receiving, but I've heard that they've reformed under other companies. Sandlines is a British …

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