{"id":472,"date":"2021-03-12T23:47:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T22:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/?p=472"},"modified":"2022-06-01T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:45:00","slug":"mercenaires-et-emirats-le-peril-mondial-de-lindustrie-privee-de-la-mort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/2021\/03\/12\/mercenaires-et-emirats-le-peril-mondial-de-lindustrie-privee-de-la-mort\/","title":{"rendered":"MERCENAIRES ET EMIRATS : LE PERIL MONDIAL DE L&rsquo;INDUSTRIE PRIVEE DE LA MORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-473\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-01.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-01-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-01-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-01-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-01-600x396.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Il y en a plus de deux millions. La plus grande arm\u00e9e que le monde ait jamais vue. Ils ne d\u00e9fendent pas leur patrie, mais sont des soldats engag\u00e9s, dont la plupart servent en Afrique au sud de l&rsquo;\u00e9quateur, au Moyen-Orient ou en tant que troupes sp\u00e9ciales sur le salaire d&rsquo;un dictateur. Ce ne sont pas des immigr\u00e9s clandestins, mais des employ\u00e9s d&rsquo;entreprises d\u00fbment enregistr\u00e9es qui paient des imp\u00f4ts et le fonds de pension &#8211; pour ceux qui atteignent la vieillesse. Ils sont endurcis par des d\u00e9cennies de massacres, ils ne connaissent ni piti\u00e9 ni compromis. Ils sont l&rsquo;image de la sauvagerie et se nourrissent de sang, d&rsquo;argent et de peur.<\/p>\n<p>La plus impressionnante de ces soci\u00e9t\u00e9s s&rsquo;appelle G4S Global et est bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Londres<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>. Les propri\u00e9taires, inconnus du public, sont cach\u00e9s par la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 holding G4S Secure Solutions Inc. \u00e0 Wilmington (Delaware, USA<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>), qui est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e dans 125 pays avec 625.000 entre conseillers politiques, espions, soldats, techniciens et officiers<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a>. Evidemment le mercenaire d&rsquo;une telle entreprise a mauvaise r\u00e9putation : entre autres, parce qu&rsquo;il laisse les immigr\u00e9s clandestins arr\u00eat\u00e9s par la police am\u00e9ricaine<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> travailler comme esclaves et parce que ses cadets, dans les zones autour des bases d&rsquo;entra\u00eenement, violent, p\u00e9dophilie et autres sont coupables d&rsquo;actes de violence<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dans la s\u00e9rie d&rsquo;horreurs sans fin de l&rsquo;industrie, G4S s&rsquo;est fait un nom pour des milliers de dispositifs d&rsquo;\u00e9coute ill\u00e9gale<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a> ; pour avoir remis un passeport, un salaire et une arme \u00e0 l&rsquo;ancien djihadiste Omar Mateen, qui a commis un massacre (49 morts et 53 bless\u00e9s) dans un bar gay \u00e0 Orlando, en Floride, en juin 2016 <a href=\"#_ftn7\" name=\"_ftnref7\">[7]<\/a>; pour l&rsquo;organisation, l&rsquo;armement et la d\u00e9fense militaire d&rsquo;une \u00e9meute dans la prison de Birmingham dans le but de permettre une \u00e9vasion apparemment sp\u00e9ciale pour un seul prisonnier<a href=\"#_ftn8\" name=\"_ftnref8\">[8]<\/a>. Une image sombre de l&rsquo;impunit\u00e9 et de l&rsquo;incapacit\u00e9, en particulier de la part des gouvernements am\u00e9ricains, de vaincre un monstre qu&rsquo;ils ont cr\u00e9\u00e9 apr\u00e8s la Seconde Guerre mondiale, engageant ainsi de nombreux nazis qui ressentaient encore la luxure et le meurtre<a href=\"#_ftn9\" name=\"_ftnref9\">[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive Outcomes : Stormtroopers pour les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s multinationales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-474\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-02.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-02-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-02-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-02-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mars 1993 : Photo de groupe de mercenaires Executive Outcomes impliqu\u00e9s dans la gu\u00e9rilla angolaise pour lib\u00e9rer des puits de p\u00e9trole multinationaux<\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn10\" name=\"_ftnref10\"><strong>[10]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peu \u00e0 peu, au fil des ans, les troupes qui \u00e9taient \u00e0 l&rsquo;origine contr\u00f4l\u00e9es et dirig\u00e9es par des \u00c9tats individuels tels que la L\u00e9gion \u00e9trang\u00e8re<a href=\"#_ftn11\" name=\"_ftnref11\">[11]<\/a> sont en cours de privatisation. Parce que les \u00c9tats \u00e9taient li\u00e9s par des trait\u00e9s internationaux et la paix pendant les ann\u00e9es de la guerre froide, il existe un \u00e9quilibre subtil qui ne doit pas \u00eatre compromis par les d\u00e9ploiements de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e nationale. Parce que les parlements nationaux posent trop de questions d\u00e9taill\u00e9es sur les activit\u00e9s de ces troupes et, au fil des ans, l&rsquo;escalade technologique a fait monter en fl\u00e8che les co\u00fbts. Parce que les arm\u00e9es nationales ne peuvent pas \u00eatre d\u00e9ploy\u00e9es pour d\u00e9fendre certains int\u00e9r\u00eats sans provoquer un incident diplomatique international et ne peuvent donc pas garantir qu&rsquo;elles disposent d&rsquo;une unit\u00e9 sp\u00e9ciale efficace qui ne prend jamais en compte le traitement humain des civils dans les zones op\u00e9rationnelles<a href=\"#_ftn12\" name=\"_ftnref12\">[12]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Outcomes SA Hatfield (Afrique du Sud)<a href=\"#_ftn13\" name=\"_ftnref13\">[13]<\/a>, premier grand nom de la guerre privatis\u00e9e, n&rsquo;est pas cr\u00e9\u00e9e par les anciens soldats, mais \u00e0 l&rsquo;initiative des groupes p\u00e9troliers op\u00e9rant en Afrique, coordonn\u00e9e par le fondateur de la multinationale Heritage Oil du Canada<a href=\"#_ftn14\" name=\"_ftnref14\">[14]<\/a>. Logiquement, ses employ\u00e9s sont tous des assassins de longue date avec de nombreuses ann\u00e9es d&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience dans les massacres et la torture : le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Luther Eeben Barlow est un ancien lieutenant-colonel des forces sp\u00e9ciales de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e de l&rsquo;apartheid qui a comme background des d\u00e9cennies de torture et de r\u00e9pression des opposants \u00e0 la r\u00e9gime &#8211; ainsi que de participer \u00e0 des soul\u00e8vements pilotes au Congo, en Angola, en Sierra Leone et en Namibie<a href=\"#_ftn15\" name=\"_ftnref15\">[15]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Barlow emm\u00e8ne ses amis de longue date avec lui : son \u00e9tat-major, compos\u00e9 du capitaine Michael Mullen et du capitaine Simon Mann, du major Lafras Luitingh (officier de recrutement sud-africain des services de renseignement), du capitaine Niclaas \u00ab\u00a0Nick\u00a0\u00bb Van den Bergh (officier parachutiste), Michael Grunberg (administrateur)<a href=\"#_ftn16\" name=\"_ftnref16\">[16]<\/a>. Tout est pay\u00e9 par Anthony Leslie Rowland \u00ab\u00a0Tony\u00a0\u00bb Buckingham, ancien officier du British Special Boat Squadron<a href=\"#_ftn17\" name=\"_ftnref17\">[17]<\/a> et entrepreneur p\u00e9trolier pendant plusieurs ann\u00e9es chez Saber Petroleum<a href=\"#_ftn18\" name=\"_ftnref18\">[18]<\/a> &#8211; une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 fond\u00e9e par Naushad et Nurdin Jivraj, qui \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque dirigeait encore une entreprise, UAE Investment Fze Abu Dhabi<a href=\"#_ftn19\" name=\"_ftnref19\">[19]<\/a>, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 liquid\u00e9e en 2011 apr\u00e8s une s\u00e9rie d&rsquo;arbitrages internationaux infructueux<a href=\"#_ftn20\" name=\"_ftnref20\">[20]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Depuis le d\u00e9but, Executive Outcomes a non seulement trait\u00e9 du r\u00e8glement des officiers de haut rang, des espions et des marchands d&rsquo;armes de l&rsquo;apartheid mourant<a href=\"#_ftn21\" name=\"_ftnref21\">[21]<\/a>, pas non plus avec les gouvernements, mais avec la direction des entreprises actives dans le secteur minier et p\u00e9trolier en Afrique subsaharienne &#8211; entreprises avec de gros probl\u00e8mes de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 parce qu&rsquo;elles op\u00e8rent dans des zones de guerre et ne peuvent pas \u00eatre d\u00e9fendues par l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e locale parce que cette arm\u00e9e est faiblement dot\u00e9e et ne peut pas contr\u00f4ler le territoire<a href=\"#_ftn22\" name=\"_ftnref22\">[22]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>La premi\u00e8re commande importante est venue en 1993 de Canadian Ranger Oil Ltd. Calgary (maintenant acquise par Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Calgary<a href=\"#_ftn23\" name=\"_ftnref23\">[23]<\/a>), qui d\u00e9tient une licence du gouvernement angolais (25% des blocs 16 et 19), verse des pots-de-vin co\u00fbteux et est personnellement prot\u00e9g\u00e9 par le pr\u00e9sident George Bush, qui en pleine guerre civile le MPLA du Pr\u00e9sident Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Dos Santos a fait chanter et a ainsi obtenu des contrats de production p\u00e9troli\u00e8re<a href=\"#_ftn24\" name=\"_ftnref24\">[24]<\/a>. Executive Outcomes fait partie du m\u00eame accord et coordonne les forces du MPLA<a href=\"#_ftn25\" name=\"_ftnref25\">[25]<\/a> afin que Ranger Oil, avec Heritage Oil, avec qui il partage ses licences, nomme Executive Outcomes pour d\u00e9fendre leurs actifs<a href=\"#_ftn26\" name=\"_ftnref26\">[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pas \u00e9tonnant : Heritage Oil est la compagnie p\u00e9troli\u00e8re fond\u00e9e par Tony Buckingham, ancien partenaire d&rsquo;Executive Outcomes<a href=\"#_ftn27\" name=\"_ftnref27\">[27]<\/a>, et c&rsquo;est \u00e0 nouveau Buckingham qui permet \u00e0 Executive Outcomes de faire le saut en qualit\u00e9 et d&rsquo;obtenir un autre contrat du gouvernement angolais re\u00e7u (pay\u00e9 par l&rsquo;\u00c9tat de la compagnie p\u00e9troli\u00e8re Sonangol, en partie directement \u00e0 Heritage Oil<a href=\"#_ftn28\" name=\"_ftnref28\">[28]<\/a>) et imm\u00e9diatement apr\u00e8s un contrat du gouvernement de la Sierra Leone, dirig\u00e9 par le tr\u00e8s jeune pr\u00e9sident Valentine Strasser, qui n&rsquo;avait pas d&rsquo;arm\u00e9e r\u00e9guli\u00e8re pour soutenir le RUF (Revolutionary United Front) pour s&rsquo;opposer<a href=\"#_ftn29\" name=\"_ftnref29\">[29]<\/a> &#8211; l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e de mercenaires, dirig\u00e9e par le pr\u00e9sident lib\u00e9rien Charles Taylor, en partie financ\u00e9e par la CIA, dont la seule mission \u00e9tait de massacrer des villages entiers pr\u00e8s des mines de diamants et de piller les ressources naturelles de toute l&rsquo;Afrique de l&rsquo;Ouest<a href=\"#_ftn30\" name=\"_ftnref30\">[30]<\/a>. Le contrat est sign\u00e9 personnellement par Tony Buckingham et stipule qu&rsquo;il paiera les frais de ses mercenaires en \u00e9change d&rsquo;une promesse \u00e9crite d&rsquo;obtenir une licence pour exploiter les mines de diamants apr\u00e8s la fin de la guerre<a href=\"#_ftn31\" name=\"_ftnref31\">[31]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Buckingham, n\u00e9gociant en p\u00e9trole et pilleur<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-475\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-03.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-03-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthony Leslie Rowland \u201cTony\u201d Buckingham<a href=\"#_ftn32\" name=\"_ftnref32\">[32]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M\u00eame sa date de naissance n&rsquo;est pas connue. Lorsqu&rsquo;il est devenu multimillionnaire \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1990 et que la presse a voulu le photographier sur son yacht de luxe, les journalistes anglais ont re\u00e7u de lui une date officielle, le 28 novembre 1951, qui s&rsquo;est av\u00e9r\u00e9e plus tard fausse<a href=\"#_ftn33\" name=\"_ftnref33\">[33]<\/a>. Les journalistes britanniques d\u00e9couvrent qu&rsquo;il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 travailler comme plongeur dans la mer du Nord lorsqu&rsquo;il \u00e9tait jeune gar\u00e7on et qu&rsquo;il gagnait de l&rsquo;argent en r\u00e9parant des plates-formes p\u00e9troli\u00e8res. Il a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 embauch\u00e9 par Ranger Oil et Premium Oil, alors Tony a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9tudier en tant que n\u00e9gociant en p\u00e9trole et fournisseur de services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9<a href=\"#_ftn34\" name=\"_ftnref34\">[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dans les ann\u00e9es 1990, lorsqu&rsquo;il travaillait avec Executive Outcomes, il poss\u00e9dait d\u00e9j\u00e0 Sabre Petroleum puis Branch Energy Ltd. Nassau<a href=\"#_ftn35\" name=\"_ftnref35\">[35]<\/a>, auquel il apporte son travail et ses contacts. Cependant, l&rsquo;argent appartient \u00e0 DiamondWorks Ltd. Vancouver (aujourd&rsquo;hui Energem Resources<a href=\"#_ftn36\" name=\"_ftnref36\">[36]<\/a>), une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 dont les actionnaires comprennent Simon Mann de Executive Outcomes<a href=\"#_ftn37\" name=\"_ftnref37\">[37]<\/a> : Les contrats de ces deux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s canadiennes sont soup\u00e7onn\u00e9s d&rsquo;avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 acquis ill\u00e9galement (en Sierra Leone, en Angola, au Lesotho et au Venezuela), de sorte qu&rsquo;en 2000 les fondateurs d\u00e9cidera de vendre l&rsquo;entreprise<a href=\"#_ftn38\" name=\"_ftnref38\">[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Au m\u00eame moment, Buckingham a fond\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, Sandline International Ltd. Londres, en collaboration avec Simon Mann et le lieutenant-colonel britannique Tim Spicer, un v\u00e9t\u00e9ran de la guerre des Malouines qui a ensuite eu des ennuis \u00e0 cause de deux de ses soldats : en patrouille \u00e0 Belfast, ils avaient tu\u00e9 un passant non arm\u00e9 et ont \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 emprisonnement en cons\u00e9quence<a href=\"#_ftn39\" name=\"_ftnref39\">[39]<\/a>. Spicer pourra les faire gracier et les emmener en Irak en tant que mercenaire<a href=\"#_ftn40\" name=\"_ftnref40\">[40]<\/a> pour travailler pour sa nouvelle soci\u00e9t\u00e9, Aegis Defence Services, qui est toujours l&rsquo;une des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s de renseignement commercial et de services militaires les mieux not\u00e9es au monde<a href=\"#_ftn41\" name=\"_ftnref41\">[41]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sandline a bient\u00f4t des ennuis : les mercenaires de Spicer et Buckingham, sign\u00e9s par le Premier ministre de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guin\u00e9e Julius Chan, \u00e9touffent le mouvement ind\u00e9pendantiste sur l&rsquo;\u00eele de Bougainville avec du sang<a href=\"#_ftn42\" name=\"_ftnref42\">[42]<\/a>, ce qui conduira la communaut\u00e9 internationale et m\u00eame l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e papoue \u00e0 d\u00e9tr\u00f4ner Chan et arr\u00eatez Spicer<a href=\"#_ftn43\" name=\"_ftnref43\">[43]<\/a>. Le scandale international est \u00e9norme et affecte m\u00eame le Premier ministre britannique Tony Blair, accus\u00e9 de conna\u00eetre et de garder le silence sur la nature du trait\u00e9<a href=\"#_ftn44\" name=\"_ftnref44\">[44]<\/a>. Dans le m\u00eame temps, Sandline est accus\u00e9 d&rsquo;avoir viol\u00e9 l&#8217;embargo sur les livraisons d&rsquo;armes aux seigneurs de guerre qui se sont battus les uns contre les autres pendant la guerre civile en Sierra Leone<a href=\"#_ftn45\" name=\"_ftnref45\">[45]<\/a> et plus tard au Zimbabwe et en Guin\u00e9e \u00e9quatoriale<a href=\"#_ftn46\" name=\"_ftnref46\">[46]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>D&rsquo;abord les ONG, puis les Nations Unies, et enfin la justice de divers pays africains qui veulent scruter \u00e0 travers la toile sombre de la traite des \u00eatres humains orchestr\u00e9e maintenant par Executive Outcomes, maintenant Sandline International, maintenant DiamondWorks, et d\u00e9couvrir \u00e0 maintes reprises que cette galaxie fonctionne en fait comme un seul groupe industriel et commercial. La strat\u00e9gie est claire : vendre des armes et des services militaires \u00e0 d&rsquo;\u00e9ventuels futurs dictateurs en \u00e9change de licences d&rsquo;exploitation mini\u00e8re et p\u00e9troli\u00e8re &#8211; une offre dont les seigneurs de guerre noirs africains, qui ne disposent pas d&rsquo;un soutien financier suffisant, ne peuvent se passer<a href=\"#_ftn47\" name=\"_ftnref47\">[47]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lorsque l&rsquo;attention des observateurs internationaux se tourne vers ces entreprises, le groupe d\u00e9cide de changer de visage. En 1993, Antonio Carlos Guedes \u00ab\u00a0Tony\u00a0\u00bb Teixeira, un mercenaire portugais avec une carri\u00e8re dans le paiement des renseignements sur l&rsquo;apartheid, a fond\u00e9 Sir Trading (Pty) Ltd. Bedfordview<a href=\"#_ftn48\" name=\"_ftnref48\">[48]<\/a> (le quartier des riches blancs \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re de la paroisse de Johannesburg). Il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 holding de plus de vingt soci\u00e9t\u00e9s actives dans le commerce des armes, le commerce des diamants, le commerce alimentaire, la logistique, le commerce automobile, l&rsquo;immobilier et l&rsquo;aviation civile<a href=\"#_ftn49\" name=\"_ftnref49\">[49]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-476\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-04.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-04-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-04-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-04-600x391.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>26 janvier 2004 : Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum, Brian Menell et Antonio Teixeira signent les contrats entre l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de course Lola et l&rsquo;A1 Grand Prix Fze Abu Dhabi<\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn50\" name=\"_ftnref50\"><strong>[50]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>En juillet 2002, Sir Trading a acquis 12,1% de DiamondWorks et 80,1% d&rsquo;Otterbea International (Pty) Ltd. Bedfordview (qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de premi\u00e8re ligne des mercenaires de l&rsquo;apartheid depuis 1964) r\u00e9unissant tous ceux qui ont travaill\u00e9 sous un m\u00eame toit en tant que partenaires des services de renseignement sud-africains dans les ann\u00e9es 1980, ce qui donne \u00e0 premi\u00e8re vue l&rsquo;impression que DiamondWorks et ses affili\u00e9s sont les propri\u00e9taires et strat\u00e9gie d&rsquo;entreprise<a href=\"#_ftn51\" name=\"_ftnref51\">[51]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Malheureusement, le contraire est vrai. Quelques semaines plus tard, Teixeira, via sa soci\u00e9t\u00e9 offshore Lyndhurst Ltd. Saint Peter Port (Guernesey)<a href=\"#_ftn52\" name=\"_ftnref52\">[52]<\/a>, acquiert la majorit\u00e9 absolue de DiamondWorks et se met imm\u00e9diatement en difficult\u00e9 : les troupes de l&rsquo;ONU l&rsquo;attrapent dans un crime alors que lui et le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre marchand d&rsquo;armes russe Victor Bout<a href=\"#_ftn53\" name=\"_ftnref53\">[53]<\/a> livrent des armes aux rebelles de l&rsquo;UNITA et donc la quatri\u00e8me phase de la guerre civile angolaise<a href=\"#_ftn54\" name=\"_ftnref54\">[54]<\/a>. L&rsquo;un de ses managers est kidnapp\u00e9 puis tu\u00e9 par des miliciens de l&rsquo;UNITA parce qu&rsquo;ils comprennent que DiamondWorks joue un double jeu et travaille \u00e9galement pour le MPLA<a href=\"#_ftn55\" name=\"_ftnref55\">[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Les souris quittent pr\u00e9cipitamment le navire : Executive Outcomes passe \u00e0 STTEP International Ltd. Gibraltar<a href=\"#_ftn56\" name=\"_ftnref56\">[56]<\/a> (STTEP signifie Specialized Tasks, Training, Equipment &amp; Protection International), qui commence par un contrat lucratif avec le gouvernement nig\u00e9rian pour lutter contre les milices djihadistes de Boko Haram<a href=\"#_ftn57\" name=\"_ftnref57\">[57]<\/a>. Antonio Teixeira continue de travailler avec DiamondWorks et transf\u00e8re son activit\u00e9 principale aux \u00c9mirats arabes unis<a href=\"#_ftn58\" name=\"_ftnref58\">[58]<\/a>. Tony Buckingham d\u00e9place l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 principale d&rsquo;Heritage Oil en Ouganda<a href=\"#_ftn59\" name=\"_ftnref59\">[59]<\/a> et ouvre une nouvelle soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de recrutement et de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de mercenaires, Saracen International Ltd. Kampala.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saracen International, Abu Dhabi et le commerce des pirates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-477\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"3112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-05.png 2400w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-05-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-05-790x1024.png 790w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-05-768x996.png 768w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-05-1185x1536.png 1185w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-05-1579x2048.png 1579w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-05-600x778.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>La division en cinq zones administratives de l&rsquo;ex-Somalie: Somaliland (orange), Puntland (bleu clair), Galmudug (vert clair), zone de transition du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral (bleu) et Conseil islamique (vert fonc\u00e9)<\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn60\" name=\"_ftnref60\"><strong>[60]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Entre 2008 et 2013, chaque navire qui a travers\u00e9 le golfe d&rsquo;Aden &#8211; une \u00e9tendue de mer n\u00e9cessaire pour traverser le canal de Suez et ainsi naviguer entre l&rsquo;Europe et l&rsquo;Asie &#8211; a risqu\u00e9 une attaque de pirates somaliens<a href=\"#_ftn61\" name=\"_ftnref61\">[61]<\/a>. Ces p\u00eacheurs pour la plupart qui ont perdu leurs march\u00e9s de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;implosion de la Somalie, ou d&rsquo;anciens soldats de l&rsquo;une des arm\u00e9es sur le terrain pendant la guerre civile somalienne, choisissent cette voie pour survivre et, ayant obtenu un succ\u00e8s \u00e9tonnant<a href=\"#_ftn62\" name=\"_ftnref62\">[62]<\/a>, s&rsquo;organisent de mani\u00e8re efficace, bien- des forces arm\u00e9es affili\u00e9es \u00e0 des groupes politiques (tels qu&rsquo;al-Qa\u00efda<a href=\"#_ftn63\" name=\"_ftnref63\">[63]<\/a>) qui pourraient aider d&rsquo;autres pirates \u00e0 convertir l&rsquo;argent de la ran\u00e7on de leurs actions en esp\u00e8ces<a href=\"#_ftn64\" name=\"_ftnref64\">[64]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pour la CIA et de nombreuses autres organisations de renseignement op\u00e9rant dans la Corne de l&rsquo;Afrique, combattre les pirates est une occasion \u00e0 ne pas manquer d&#8217;embaucher d&rsquo;anciens soldats am\u00e9ricains et les nombreux mercenaires qui ont combattu en Irak et en Afghanistan, et avaient traditionnellement \u00e9t\u00e9 form\u00e9s en Ouganda, o\u00f9 ils a \u00e9galement g\u00e9r\u00e9 des prisons irr\u00e9guli\u00e8res pour torturer les djihadistes captur\u00e9s sur le terrain &#8211; \u00e0 la diff\u00e9rence que maintenant, dans cette nouvelle sc\u00e8ne, tout mercenaire peut se battre dans une guerre non officielle, et son revenu est dans les armes, le p\u00e9trole et l&rsquo;investissement dans les ressources naturelles commence &#8211; bien que les \u00c9tats-Unis commencent ont toujours ni\u00e9 avoir eu connaissance de cette \u00e9volution<a href=\"#_ftn65\" name=\"_ftnref65\">[65]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saracen International a \u00e9t\u00e9 sign\u00e9 en tant que tuteur personnel de l&rsquo;ancien pr\u00e9sident Abdulkareem Jama en mars 2010, et le 18 novembre de cette ann\u00e9e, le contrat a \u00e9t\u00e9 modifi\u00e9 : l&rsquo;entrepreneur de Saracen devient le gouvernement du Puntland gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 de l&rsquo;argent emprunt\u00e9 aux \u00c9mirats arabes unis<a href=\"#_ftn66\" name=\"_ftnref66\">[66]<\/a>. \u00c0 la sortie de la crise, les dettes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9duites avec l&rsquo;octroi de licences \u00e0 l&rsquo;ENOC Emirates National Oil Company Fze Dubai pour l&rsquo;exploitation de gisements de p\u00e9trole et de gaz, d\u00e9couverts au Puntland<a href=\"#_ftn67\" name=\"_ftnref67\">[67]<\/a> et n&rsquo;ayant pu \u00eatre for\u00e9s \u00e0 l&rsquo;automne 2010 car ils se trouvaient sous les ordres du principal rebelle musulman, Mohamed Said Atom, alli\u00e9 des pirates et des jihadistes d&rsquo;Al-Shabab, \u00e9tait en garde \u00e0 vue<a href=\"#_ftn68\" name=\"_ftnref68\">[68]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Le nouveau-n\u00e9 Saracen International se pr\u00e9sente \u00e9galement pour la formation des arm\u00e9es des diff\u00e9rentes administrations territoriales issues de l&rsquo;implosion de la Somalie et, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la m\u00e9diation des autorit\u00e9s des Emirats Arabes Unis, re\u00e7oit un contrat pour la formation d&rsquo;une force de 1050 hommes sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s dans la lutte contre les pirates, qui fait partie de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e du Puntland &#8211; l&rsquo;une des divisions territoriales du pays qui a fait partie de la sph\u00e8re d&rsquo;influence politique et militaire de Riyad et d&rsquo;Abu Dhabi et de la sph\u00e8re d&rsquo;investissement commercial de la Chine pour plus de vingt ans<a href=\"#_ftn69\" name=\"_ftnref69\">[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-478\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-06-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Des miliciens de Saracen International engag\u00e9 pour la d\u00e9fense des int\u00e9r\u00eats p\u00e9troliers des \u00c9mirats arabes unis au Puntland<\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn70\" name=\"_ftnref70\"><strong>[70]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Une influence devenue fatale aujourd&rsquo;hui alors que le nouveau gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de la Somalie, fond\u00e9 il y a moins d&rsquo;une d\u00e9cennie<a href=\"#_ftn71\" name=\"_ftnref71\">[71]<\/a> et r\u00e9unissant finalement tous les territoires, a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de rester neutre dans tous les diff\u00e9rends internationaux, ce qui suscite la col\u00e8re des Emirats alors qu&rsquo;ils tentent de Mogadiscio les contraignent \u00e0 s&rsquo;opposer au Qatar<a href=\"#_ftn72\" name=\"_ftnref72\">[72]<\/a> et interviennent m\u00eame militairement pour influencer le vote d\u00e9mocratique du peuple somalien<a href=\"#_ftn73\" name=\"_ftnref73\">[73]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Retour en 2009 : La t\u00e2che de former ces 1050 hommes est confi\u00e9e \u00e0 deux partenaires de Saracen International, Michael Shanklin et Pierre Richard Prosper<a href=\"#_ftn74\" name=\"_ftnref74\">[74]<\/a>. Shanklin est l&rsquo;ancien directeur adjoint de la station de la CIA \u00e0 Mogadiscio qui, apr\u00e8s avoir pris sa retraite en 2011, a rejoint Buckingham et les autres dans la constitution sarrasine et est charg\u00e9 de pr\u00e9parer les troupes du Puntland \u00e0 des missions de renseignement<a href=\"#_ftn75\" name=\"_ftnref75\">[75]<\/a>, notamment par l&rsquo;interm\u00e9diaire de certains officiers russes, qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 interrompus apr\u00e8s quitter l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e de l&rsquo;Union sovi\u00e9tique<a href=\"#_ftn76\" name=\"_ftnref76\">[76]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prosper est le fils de deux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s politiques ha\u00eftiens qui se sont entra\u00een\u00e9s \u00e0 New York<a href=\"#_ftn77\" name=\"_ftnref77\">[77]<\/a>, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 conseiller militaire du pr\u00e9sident George W. Bush<a href=\"#_ftn78\" name=\"_ftnref78\">[78]<\/a> et ont ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9s procureur \u00e0 la Cour internationale de justice du Rwanda<a href=\"#_ftn79\" name=\"_ftnref79\">[79]<\/a>. L\u00e0, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 choisi par le gouvernement de Kigali comme conseiller juridique sur les questions de politique internationale<a href=\"#_ftn80\" name=\"_ftnref80\">[80]<\/a>. Au nom du gouvernement d&rsquo;Abou Dhabi, Prosper a agi en tant que m\u00e9diateur pour la lib\u00e9ration de nombreux musulmans emprisonn\u00e9s ill\u00e9galement \u00e0 Guant\u00e1namo<a href=\"#_ftn81\" name=\"_ftnref81\">[81]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Quelques ann\u00e9es plus tard, il fera \u00e9chouer Saracen International<a href=\"#_ftn82\" name=\"_ftnref82\">[82]<\/a> : en plus d&rsquo;armer les 1050 mercenaires du Puntland, il s&rsquo;est \u00e9galement assur\u00e9 d&rsquo;armer les pirates<a href=\"#_ftn83\" name=\"_ftnref83\">[83]<\/a> conform\u00e9ment au tristement c\u00e9l\u00e8bre Blackwater d&rsquo;Erik Prince<a href=\"#_ftn84\" name=\"_ftnref84\">[84]<\/a>. Les observateurs des Nations Unies ont r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que les \u00e9quipages de deux navires du groupe Saracen (Eaton et Seafarer) faisaient des escales r\u00e9guli\u00e8res \u00e0 Djibouti pour charger des armes qui \u00e9taient vendues par le gouvernement local<a href=\"#_ftn85\" name=\"_ftnref85\">[85]<\/a> et pour les pirates somaliens et autres groupes militaires rebelles dans la corne de l&rsquo;Afrique \u2013 une op\u00e9ration dont le but \u00e9tait d&rsquo;utiliser l&rsquo;argent des \u00c9mirats arabes unis pour cr\u00e9er l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e la plus puissante de toute la r\u00e9gion &#8211; une arm\u00e9e qui pourrait contr\u00f4ler non seulement la Somalie, mais aussi les nations environnantes<a href=\"#_ftn86\" name=\"_ftnref86\">[86]<\/a>. Apr\u00e8s la d\u00e9couverte, Abu Dhabi et ses alli\u00e9s ont d\u00fb arr\u00eater la formation de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e du Puntland<a href=\"#_ftn87\" name=\"_ftnref87\">[87]<\/a>. \u00c0 partir de ce moment, la pression des \u00c9tats du Golfe passa par la m\u00e9diation du Kenya, qui envoya fr\u00e9quemment des troupes en Somalie pour influencer le futur \u00e9quilibre politique et tribal de la R\u00e9publique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale nouvellement form\u00e9e<a href=\"#_ftn88\" name=\"_ftnref88\">[88]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Les \u00e9tonnantes biographies des mercenaires du Puntland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-07.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-07-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Les troupes mercenaires internationales sarrasines se pr\u00e9parent \u00e0 une fusillade avec des pirates somaliens<\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn89\" name=\"_ftnref89\"><strong>[89]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>La qualit\u00e9 des mercenaires de Saracen International est vraiment \u00e9tonnante :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>L&rsquo;Anglais Craig Andrew Shaw est un sergent de la marine britannique \u00e0 la retraite qui a d&rsquo;abord travaill\u00e9 pour Triskel (une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 parall\u00e8le dirig\u00e9e par Massimo Cauci et Gilles Capelle), puis apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 pris en flagrant d\u00e9lit de fourniture d&rsquo;armes aux arm\u00e9es rebelles<a href=\"#_ftn90\" name=\"_ftnref90\">[90]<\/a>, a fait de m\u00eame pour Saracen International<a href=\"#_ftn91\" name=\"_ftnref91\">[91]<\/a>. Jusqu&rsquo;en 2019, date \u00e0 laquelle la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 liquid\u00e9e<a href=\"#_ftn92\" name=\"_ftnref92\">[92]<\/a>, Shaw \u00e9tait administrateur et actionnaire majoritaire de Saracen International Ltd. Stockport<a href=\"#_ftn93\" name=\"_ftnref93\">[93]<\/a>. Autour de cette soci\u00e9t\u00e9, Shaw en a cr\u00e9\u00e9 d&rsquo;autres avec des activit\u00e9s similaires : a) XTP International Ltd. Stockport<a href=\"#_ftn94\" name=\"_ftnref94\">[94]<\/a>; b) Securex UK Ltd. Manchester (fond\u00e9e en octobre 2001 et liquid\u00e9e en avril 2016<a href=\"#_ftn95\" name=\"_ftnref95\">[95]<\/a>; c) Sax Media Ltd. Stockport, fond\u00e9e en janvier 2013 et liquid\u00e9e en avril 2016<a href=\"#_ftn96\" name=\"_ftnref96\">[96]<\/a>; d) Autonomous Vehicles International Ltd. Stockport<a href=\"#_ftn97\" name=\"_ftnref97\">[97]<\/a>, fond\u00e9e en juillet 2006 et toujours active<a href=\"#_ftn98\" name=\"_ftnref98\">[98]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Son assistante, Gail Lesley Clough, coll\u00e8gue de Shaw dans l&rsquo;administration des entreprises britanniques<a href=\"#_ftn99\" name=\"_ftnref99\">[99]<\/a>, form\u00e9e \u00e0 Kestrel Aerospace Ltd. Stoke on Trent (Kestrel Group &#8211; Australie)<a href=\"#_ftn100\" name=\"_ftnref100\">[100]<\/a>, o\u00f9 elle a travaill\u00e9 sur un projet de d\u00e9veloppement pour un avion monoplace \u00e0 d\u00e9collage vertical<a href=\"#_ftn101\" name=\"_ftnref101\">[101]<\/a>, est maintenant \u00e0 la t\u00eate d&rsquo;une autre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de Shaw, Amber Business Investments Ltd. Manchester<a href=\"#_ftn102\" name=\"_ftnref102\">[102]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Willem Hendrik \u00ab\u00a0Bill\u00a0\u00bb Pelser<a href=\"#_ftn103\" name=\"_ftnref103\">[103]<\/a> est \u00e0 la t\u00eate de Saracen Uganda Ltd. depuis ao\u00fbt 1995 apr\u00e8s des ann\u00e9es de combats en Angola<a href=\"#_ftn104\" name=\"_ftnref104\">[104]<\/a>. Kampala<a href=\"#_ftn105\" name=\"_ftnref105\">[105]<\/a> et Saracen International SAL Beirut, auxquels les \u00c9mirats arabes unis versent 50 millions de dollars par an<a href=\"#_ftn106\" name=\"_ftnref106\">[106]<\/a>. En tant qu&rsquo;ancien officier sp\u00e9cial sud-africain, il est toujours \u00e0 la t\u00eate de BRZ International Ltd. Nevis (avec bureau principal \u00e0 Pretoria)<a href=\"#_ftn107\" name=\"_ftnref107\">[107]<\/a>; pour BRZ Uganda Ltd. Kampala a combattu Pelser au Congo<a href=\"#_ftn108\" name=\"_ftnref108\">[108]<\/a> (avant que l&rsquo;Ouganda Saracen ne prenne le contr\u00f4le du trait\u00e9<a href=\"#_ftn109\" name=\"_ftnref109\">[109]<\/a>), au Kenya, en Tanzanie<a href=\"#_ftn110\" name=\"_ftnref110\">[110]<\/a> et au Soudan<a href=\"#_ftn111\" name=\"_ftnref111\">[111]<\/a>; ICV International Collective Ventures Africa SA<a href=\"#_ftn112\" name=\"_ftnref112\">[112]<\/a> (avec des bureaux \u00e0 Lubumbashi, Kampala, Lusaka et Johannesburg)<a href=\"#_ftn113\" name=\"_ftnref113\">[113]<\/a> contr\u00f4le des dizaines d&rsquo;entreprises dans le monde<a href=\"#_ftn114\" name=\"_ftnref114\">[114]<\/a> qui faisaient auparavant partie du groupe Saracen<a href=\"#_ftn115\" name=\"_ftnref115\">[115]<\/a>, dont E-Talk Ltd. Pretoria<a href=\"#_ftn116\" name=\"_ftnref116\">[116]<\/a> et Top SIG SA Lubumbashi<a href=\"#_ftn117\" name=\"_ftnref117\">[117]<\/a>. Ce groupe de soci\u00e9t\u00e9s, dont le gouvernement des \u00c9mirats arabes unis est son principal client<a href=\"#_ftn118\" name=\"_ftnref118\">[118]<\/a>, est toujours actif et les tribunaux de la moiti\u00e9 de l&rsquo;Afrique se battent aujourd&rsquo;hui pour savoir qui est le v\u00e9ritable propri\u00e9taire<a href=\"#_ftn119\" name=\"_ftnref119\">[119]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Alexander \u00ab\u00a0Mahuta\u00a0\u00bb Akandwanaho<a href=\"#_ftn120\" name=\"_ftnref120\">[120]<\/a> est celui qui a conclu les accords millionnaires avec le PAM, Total E&amp;P, NSSF, Stanbic Bank et DFCU Bank, et est le fondateur d&rsquo;Assured Partners Insurance Brokers Ltd. Kampala<a href=\"#_ftn121\" name=\"_ftnref121\">[121]<\/a>. Il est le fils du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Caleb \u00ab\u00a0Salim Saleh\u00a0\u00bb Akandwanaho, fr\u00e8re et maintenant conseiller militaire du pr\u00e9sident Yoweri Museveni<a href=\"#_ftn122\" name=\"_ftnref122\">[122]<\/a> apr\u00e8s avoir fait du commerce des armes pendant la Seconde Guerre du Congo<a href=\"#_ftn123\" name=\"_ftnref123\">[123]<\/a>. En 1998, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 impliqu\u00e9 dans l&rsquo;achat de ferraille qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 rendu comme un h\u00e9licopt\u00e8re militaire (1998) pour lequel il a re\u00e7u des commissions de 800 000 $<a href=\"#_ftn124\" name=\"_ftnref124\">[124]<\/a>. Mais il \u00e9tait \u00e9galement le partenaire de Craig Shaw dans la livraison d&rsquo;armes susmentionn\u00e9e aux rebelles somaliens<a href=\"#_ftn125\" name=\"_ftnref125\">[125]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>L&rsquo;un des meilleurs tireurs d&rsquo;\u00e9lite sarrasins, l&rsquo;ancien sous-officier de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e sud-africaine Lodewyk Pietersen, apporte des armes pour les pirates et les arm\u00e9es irr\u00e9guli\u00e8res combattant sur le territoire somalien via l&rsquo;Ouganda, l&rsquo;Afrique du Sud et les \u00c9mirats arabes unis et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Bancroft Global Development Inc. Falls Church (Virginia, USA)<a href=\"#_ftn126\" name=\"_ftnref126\">[126]<\/a> son d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9 en Somalie \u00e9tait le Fran\u00e7ais mercenaire Richard Rouget<a href=\"#_ftn127\" name=\"_ftnref127\">[127]<\/a>. Pietersen a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 dans une fusillade en Afrique du Sud en avril 2012 peu apr\u00e8s la fin de sa mission en Somalie<a href=\"#_ftn128\" name=\"_ftnref128\">[128]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-480\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1076\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-08.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-08-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-08-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-08-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-08-600x287.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dans l&rsquo;ordre habituel: Bill Palser, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Caleb \u00ab\u00a0Salim Saleh\u00a0\u00bb Akandwanaho, Pierre Richard Prosper et Massimo Cauci<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lafras Luitingh, le coordonnateur militaire de Saracen International<a href=\"#_ftn129\" name=\"_ftnref129\">[129]<\/a>, est un ancien officier du Bureau de coop\u00e9ration civile<a href=\"#_ftn130\" name=\"_ftnref130\">[130]<\/a> qui a \u00e9tabli des contacts entre Erik Prince et les mercenaires du groupe Saracen et la famille royale des \u00c9mirats arabes unis<a href=\"#_ftn131\" name=\"_ftnref131\">[131]<\/a>. Avec l&rsquo;argent qu&rsquo;il a gagn\u00e9 lors des guerres en Afrique, Luitingh est maintenant devenue une entreprise de logistique de plusieurs millions de dollars en Australie<a href=\"#_ftn132\" name=\"_ftnref132\">[132]<\/a>. Citoyen australien, il est toujours poursuivi par la justice am\u00e9ricaine qui cherche \u00e0 le traduire en justice pour ses activit\u00e9s en Afrique au cours des 30 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es<a href=\"#_ftn133\" name=\"_ftnref133\">[133]<\/a>, en particulier les m\u00e9faits accus\u00e9s de sa premi\u00e8re entreprise, Executive Outcomes<a href=\"#_ftn134\" name=\"_ftnref134\">[134]<\/a>. Plus r\u00e9cemment, Luitingh a \u00e9t\u00e9 bl\u00e2m\u00e9 pour avoir engag\u00e9 les gardes arm\u00e9s sauvages de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 mini\u00e8re canadienne Barrick Gold dans le massacre des peuples indig\u00e8nes de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guin\u00e9e<a href=\"#_ftn135\" name=\"_ftnref135\">[135]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Massimo Cauci est un Italien avec une longue histoire dans la L\u00e9gion \u00e9trang\u00e8re fran\u00e7aise, dont beaucoup gardaient la centrale nucl\u00e9aire de Mururoa, \u00e0 Tahiti, avant de se battre au Tchad, au Soudan, \u00e0 Djibouti et enfin comme entra\u00eeneur lors du coup d&rsquo;\u00c9tat qui a amen\u00e9 Laurent-D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Kabila Mobutu d\u00e9tr\u00f4n\u00e9<a href=\"#_ftn136\" name=\"_ftnref136\">[136]<\/a>. Apr\u00e8s cette guerre sanglante, Cauci a d\u00e9missionn\u00e9 et a travaill\u00e9 comme garde du corps pour les ambassadeurs de l&rsquo;Union europ\u00e9enne au Burundi<a href=\"#_ftn137\" name=\"_ftnref137\">[137]<\/a>, a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 Brighton et a travaill\u00e9 comme garde dans le transport de chars de bijoutiers italiens et arabes, puis pour les oligarques russes<a href=\"#_ftn138\" name=\"_ftnref138\">[138]<\/a>. En novembre 2008, il a fond\u00e9 Triskel Services Ltd. Londres<a href=\"#_ftn139\" name=\"_ftnref139\">[139]<\/a> et sa holding<a href=\"#_ftn140\" name=\"_ftnref140\">[140]<\/a> Triskel International Ltd. Londres<a href=\"#_ftn141\" name=\"_ftnref141\">[141]<\/a>, qui a embauch\u00e9 de nombreux mercenaires de Executive Outcomes et du groupe Blackwater<a href=\"#_ftn142\" name=\"_ftnref142\">[142]<\/a>. \u00c0 partir de 2013, Triskel ouvrira \u00e9galement une succursale \u00e0 Rome et une nouvelle soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 Londres<a href=\"#_ftn143\" name=\"_ftnref143\">[143]<\/a> et commencera \u00e0 embaucher les fusiliers de l&rsquo;unit\u00e9 sp\u00e9ciale de la Brigade San Marco &#8211; l&rsquo;une des troupes d&rsquo;\u00e9lite de l&rsquo;OTAN<a href=\"#_ftn144\" name=\"_ftnref144\">[144]<\/a> &#8211; recevant une licence de Confindustria et rempla\u00e7ant Saracen International en Somalie et sur les navires traversant le golfe d&rsquo;Aden<a href=\"#_ftn145\" name=\"_ftnref145\">[145]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Gilles Capelle est le chef du bureau djiboutien du groupe Triskel et ancien parachutiste de la Marine nationale puis des services secrets (DGSE)<a href=\"#_ftn146\" name=\"_ftnref146\">[146]<\/a>. En parall\u00e8le, il m\u00e8ne une activit\u00e9 intensive de d\u00e9fense des animaux dans la section rwandaise de la WCS Wildlife Conservation Society<a href=\"#_ftn147\" name=\"_ftnref147\">[147]<\/a> et travaille avec une autre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 mondiale de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, Sovereign Global Solutions<a href=\"#_ftn148\" name=\"_ftnref148\">[148]<\/a>, dans le domaine de la d\u00e9fense contre les pirates<a href=\"#_ftn149\" name=\"_ftnref149\">[149]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Alors que les formateurs de Saracen International s&rsquo;affairent au Puntland, un autre milicien, Liban Mohammed \u00ab\u00a0Ottavio\u00a0\u00bb Ahmed, propri\u00e9taire de Southern Ace Ltd. Hong Kong<a href=\"#_ftn150\" name=\"_ftnref150\">[150]<\/a>, avec son partenaire Paul Calder Le Roux, pour prendre le pouvoir dans la r\u00e9gion de Galmudug et organiser une autre arm\u00e9e de 220 mercenaires, pay\u00e9s dans le commerce de l&rsquo;opium, de la coca\u00efne et du dagga (une qualit\u00e9 de marijuana sud-africaine)<a href=\"#_ftn151\" name=\"_ftnref151\">[151]<\/a>. Le Roux, un ancien soldat zimbabw\u00e9en qui a \u00e9migr\u00e9 en Australie puis s&rsquo;est enfui pour des raisons \u00e9conomiques (laissant sa femme et ses enfants \u00e0 Sydney), est \u00e9galement connu sous les pseudonymes Bernard John Bowlins et John Smith<a href=\"#_ftn152\" name=\"_ftnref152\">[152]<\/a>. Avant de travailler avec Saracen International et Southern Ace, il \u00e9tait aux Philippines, en Cor\u00e9e du Nord, au Mozambique et en Afrique du Sud (avec le passeur d&rsquo;or Doron Zvi Shulman), en R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, au Mali (avec un autre homme des Sarrasins, l&rsquo;ancien U.S. Marine Joe Hunter), et \u00e0 son arriv\u00e9e en Somalie, il emm\u00e8nera avec lui son plus fid\u00e8le collaborateur, l&rsquo;ancien officier de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e belge Erwin Bockstaele, et un milicien bulgare, Ivan Vaclavic (\u00e9galement connu sous le nom de Maros Deak)<a href=\"#_ftn153\" name=\"_ftnref153\">[153]<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quand le masque est finalement tomb\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-481\" src=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-09.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-09-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UK008-09-600x418.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Des mercenaires colombiens, anciens miliciens des cartels de la drogue, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 embauch\u00e9s par des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 qui ont d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 aux \u00c9mirats arabes unis et ont \u00e9t\u00e9 envoy\u00e9s au Y\u00e9men pour combattre<\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn154\" name=\"_ftnref154\"><strong>[154]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>La fin catastrophique de l&rsquo;engagement en Somalie et dans le reste de l&rsquo;Afrique subsaharienne n&rsquo;a pas mis fin aux activit\u00e9s des mercenaires qui ont travaill\u00e9 pour Executive Outcomes, Blackwater, Saracen International ou l&rsquo;une des autres entreprises d\u00e9crites jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent au cours des 30 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. combattu. Saracen lui-m\u00eame a liquid\u00e9 ses soci\u00e9t\u00e9s bien connues et enregistr\u00e9 une nouvelle soci\u00e9t\u00e9 parapluie, SCS Sterling Corporate Services Fze Dubai<a href=\"#_ftn155\" name=\"_ftnref155\">[155]<\/a>. Les responsables logistiques de l&rsquo;ancien temps \u00e9tant tous morts ou en prison, les Emirats ont \u00e9galement fond\u00e9 leur propre compagnie a\u00e9rienne sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans le transport d&rsquo;armes et de troupes, Ska Air &amp; Logistics Fze Dubai<a href=\"#_ftn156\" name=\"_ftnref156\">[156]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Le masque est tomb\u00e9 et maintenant le gouvernement d&rsquo;Abou Dhabi n&rsquo;a plus besoin de se cacher: ses mercenaires, embauch\u00e9s par milliers au cours de la derni\u00e8re d\u00e9cennie, fournissent des troupes aux services secrets qui r\u00e9priment l&rsquo;opposition politique interne; pour les actes de guerre \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tranger (comme au Y\u00e9men) ; \u00e0 l&rsquo;appui de dictatures amicales (comme en \u00c9gypte) ; pour pr\u00e9parer les forces d&rsquo;invasion au cas o\u00f9 les \u00c9mirats et l&rsquo;Arabie saoudite d\u00e9cideraient de transformer l&rsquo;actuelle guerre froide du golfe Persique en conflit arm\u00e9<a href=\"#_ftn157\" name=\"_ftnref157\">[157]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>C&rsquo;est une situation extr\u00eamement d\u00e9licate que l&rsquo;humanit\u00e9 n&rsquo;a pas connue depuis l&rsquo;\u00e9poque des monarchies m\u00e9di\u00e9vales, lorsque des soldats chanceux ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 du sort de la politique europ\u00e9enne. En l&rsquo;absence de Nations consolid\u00e9s, les arm\u00e9es les plus puissantes \u00e9taient celles du duch\u00e9, de la seigneurie et de la principaut\u00e9, capables de payer les meilleures troupes et de les armer plus efficacement. D\u00e8s 1700, la mise en place du service militaire populaire avait donn\u00e9 aux arm\u00e9es des pays \u00e0 plus forte population une plus grande force.<\/p>\n<p>Nous avons 500 ans en arri\u00e8re, mais avec des arm\u00e9es hautement technologiques et sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es. Une situation extr\u00eamement dangereuse : lorsque les pays riches investissent dans les mercenaires sportifs les meilleurs, les plus talentueux et les plus sportifs, des r\u00e8gles similaires s&rsquo;appliquent en temps de guerre, mais avec des cons\u00e9quences bien plus n\u00e9fastes. Bien s\u00fbr, ni les Russes ni les Am\u00e9ricains ne peuvent se plaindre maintenant d&rsquo;avoir invent\u00e9 ce jeu et de l&rsquo;avoir financ\u00e9 pendant les ann\u00e9es de la guerre froide. Aujourd&rsquo;hui, ce sont eux qui vendent les meilleurs produits, et ils le font volontiers. Mais cela n&rsquo;\u00e9chappe \u00e0 personne que dans un pass\u00e9 r\u00e9cent, m\u00eame l&rsquo;Allemagne d&rsquo;Adolf Hitler et l&rsquo;Union sovi\u00e9tique de Josip Staline n&rsquo;avaient permis une telle concentration du pouvoir entre les mains d&rsquo;une seule personne comme c&rsquo;est le cas aujourd&rsquo;hui dans le pays de Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g4s.com\/\">https:\/\/www.g4s.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies?jurisdiction_code=&amp;q=g4s+secure+solutions&amp;utf8=%E2%9C%93\">https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies?jurisdiction_code=&amp;q=g4s+secure+solutions&amp;utf8=%E2%9C%93<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mic.com\/articles\/40307\/5-of-the-world-s-most-elite-mercenary-armies\">https:\/\/www.mic.com\/articles\/40307\/5-of-the-world-s-most-elite-mercenary-armies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2014\/aug\/22\/immigrants-cheap-labour-detention-centres-g4s-serco\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2014\/aug\/22\/immigrants-cheap-labour-detention-centres-g4s-serco<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/state\/article168011957.html\">https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/state\/article168011957.html<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2015\/may\/20\/misconduct-youth-jail-rainsbrook-ofsted-g4s\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2015\/may\/20\/misconduct-youth-jail-rainsbrook-ofsted-g4s<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2016\/oct\/21\/managers-g4s-medway-youth-jail-paid-bonuses-despite-failings\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2016\/oct\/21\/managers-g4s-medway-youth-jail-paid-bonuses-despite-failings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2016\/may\/23\/g4s-police-control-room-staff-suspended-claims-bogus-999-calls-lincolnshire-force\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2016\/may\/23\/g4s-police-control-room-staff-suspended-claims-bogus-999-calls-lincolnshire-force<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref7\" name=\"_ftn7\">[7]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/15\/us\/orlando-shooting.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/15\/us\/orlando-shooting.html<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/nation-world\/ct-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160614-story.html\">https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/nation-world\/ct-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160614-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref8\" name=\"_ftn8\">[8]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2016\/dec\/19\/g4s-must-pay-for-cost-of-birmingham-prison-riot-says-liz-truss\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2016\/dec\/19\/g4s-must-pay-for-cost-of-birmingham-prison-riot-says-liz-truss<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/rioters-hmp-birmingham-will-face-full-force-law-1597011\">https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/rioters-hmp-birmingham-will-face-full-force-law-1597011<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref9\" name=\"_ftn9\">[9]<\/a> Akbarali H. 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Human Security\u201d, PAC Partnership Africa Canada, Ottawa 2000, see also in <a href=\"https:\/\/transparencylab.org\/Documentation\/Advocacy,%20Monitoring,%20Sustainable%20-%20Responsible%20Initiatives\/IMPACT_\/The%20Heart%20of%20the%20Matter%20Sierra%20Leone,%20Diamonds%20and%20Human%20Security_2000.pdf\">https:\/\/transparencylab.org\/Documentation\/Advocacy,%20Monitoring,%20Sustainable%20-%20Responsible%20Initiatives\/IMPACT_\/The%20Heart%20of%20the%20Matter%20Sierra%20Leone,%20Diamonds%20and%20Human%20Security_2000.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref48\" name=\"_ftn48\">[48]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/b2bhint.com\/en\/company\/za\/sir-trading-s-a--M1993001951\">https:\/\/b2bhint.com\/en\/company\/za\/sir-trading-s-a&#8211;M1993001951<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref49\" name=\"_ftn49\">[49]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/b2bhint.com\/en\/officer\/34121616\">https:\/\/b2bhint.com\/en\/officer\/34121616<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref50\" name=\"_ftn50\">[50]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/a1gp\/news\/187\/1\/lola-agrees-deal-for-winter-gp-series\">https:\/\/www.crash.net\/a1gp\/news\/187\/1\/lola-agrees-deal-for-winter-gp-series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref51\" name=\"_ftn51\">[51]<\/a> 2001.09.07 DiamondWorks Ltd acquires Otterbea International<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref52\" name=\"_ftn52\">[52]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/vprr\/0205\/02052003.pdf\">https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/vprr\/0205\/02052003.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref53\" name=\"_ftn53\">[53]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Global-News\/2009\/1022\/who-is-viktor-bout\">https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Global-News\/2009\/1022\/who-is-viktor-bout<\/a> ; 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2000\/feb\/18\/internationalcrime\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2000\/feb\/18\/internationalcrime<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref55\" name=\"_ftn55\">[55]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minesandcommunities.org\/article.php?a=667\">http:\/\/www.minesandcommunities.org\/article.php?a=667<\/a> ; Alex Vines, \u201c<em>Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process<\/em>\u201d, Human Rights Watch, New York 1999, pages 67-69<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref56\" name=\"_ftn56\">[56]<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sttepi.com\/legal.html\">http:\/\/www.sttepi.com\/legal.html<\/a> ; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sttepi.com\/about_us.html\">http:\/\/www.sttepi.com\/about_us.html<\/a> ; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sttepi.com\/default.html\">http:\/\/www.sttepi.com\/default.html<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gi\/96579\">https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gi\/96579<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref57\" name=\"_ftn57\">[57]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sofrep.com\/news\/eeben-barlow-south-african-pmc-devestates-boko-haram-pt1\/\">https:\/\/sofrep.com\/news\/eeben-barlow-south-african-pmc-devestates-boko-haram-pt1\/<\/a> ; 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Weinstein, \u201c<em>Puntland&rsquo;s Break With the TFG and the International Crisis Group&rsquo;s Draft Report<\/em>\u201d, in \u201c <em>Garowe Online<\/em>\u201d of the 24<sup>th<\/sup> of January 2011, see in Saracen International on Nexis, pages 442-445; Jeffrey Gettleman, Erik Mazzetti, Erik Schmitt, \u201c<em>U.S. Relies on Contractors in Somalia Conflict<\/em>\u201d, in \u201c<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u201d of the 11<sup>th<\/sup> of August 2011, see in Saracen International on Nexis, pages 575-579; Katharine Houreld, \u201c<em>Somali region defies federal government over Saracen deal<\/em>\u201d, in \u201c<em>The Associated Press<\/em>\u201d from the 28<sup>th<\/sup> of January 2011, see in Saracen International on Nexis, pages 23-24<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref67\" name=\"_ftn67\">[67]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enoc.com\/annualreview2017\/group-legal-entities.html\">https:\/\/www.enoc.com\/annualreview2017\/group-legal-entities.html<\/a> ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fkUJTz14tt8\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fkUJTz14tt8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref68\" name=\"_ftn68\">[68]<\/a> \u201c<em>Uncertain future for soldiers of fortune in volatile East Africa<\/em>\u201d, in \u201c<em>Mail &amp; 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La plus grande arm\u00e9e que le monde ait jamais vue. Ils ne d\u00e9fendent pas leur patrie, mais sont des soldats engag\u00e9s, dont la plupart servent en Afrique au sud de l&rsquo;\u00e9quateur, au Moyen-Orient ou en tant que troupes sp\u00e9ciales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[160,38,59],"tags":[81,69,80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibiworld.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}