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you said they do not become active without order from state department. That is not true - they are
a private business company that become actiove by order of it's customers. and that can be everyone having
the money.
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No, what I said was 'without clearence', without a nod.
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That is not true - they are a private business company that become actiove by order of it's
customers. and that can be everyone having the money.
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You are talking about individuals here, not mercenary unit's.
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The miserable record of merc operations in Columbia - well rejected in the US, I know
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Not at all. It's no secret that the CIA hires ex-special forces and pilots to work in South America against rebel's and drug lords. I'd call that sanctioned. There was even two stories last year on it. One was on the dangers of the job ( a wife complained because her husband was killed), and another was when a plane went down and the pilot and operaters were gone when rescue got to them. presumably by the bad guys, never to be seen again.
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Locals complain heavily about their presence, and two years ago their have been several allegations
of drug-related murder commited by mercs.
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Haven't heard a thing.
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You see merc companies, their legal status, and the freedom of action, and their support by the regular army, too rosy and too harmless.
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I think you like to see bogeymen. I'll stick with what I have said. Being a 'freelance merc' just isn't an healthy occupation anymore. Mostly todays mercs are bodyguards, security and trainers.
In 2003, France criminalized mercenary activities.
In 1998 South Africa passed the "Foreign Military Assistance Act" that banned citizens and residents from any involvement in foreign wars.
In Italy, it is illegal to recruit Italians on Italian soil for fighting in behalf of a foreign government
without the approval of the Italian government.
Merc companies:
Executive Outcomes - Angola, Sierra Leone, and other locations worldwide (closed 31 December 1998)
Sandline International - Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone (closed 16 April 2004)
Gurkha Security Guards, Ltd - Sierra Leone.
DynCorp International - Bosnia, Somalia, Angola, Haiti, Colombia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Afghanistan (active)
Defensecurity [1] - Iraq, Afġānistān, Kuwait, Colobia, Kossovo, East Timor (active)
In February 2002, a British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) report about PMCs noted that the military service demands of the UN and international civil organizations might mean that it is cheaper to pay PMCs than use soldiers. Yet, then, after considering using PMCs to support UN operations, the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, decided against it.
Probably the last attempted 'merc' job of our time.
Simon Mann, the British leader of a group of 67 alleged mercenaries accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea has been sentenced to seven years in jail... The other passengers got 12 months in jail for breaking immigration laws while the two pilots got 16 months...The court also ordered the seizure of Mann's $3m Boeing 727 and $180,000 found on board.
On 2 May 2007 a Zimbabwe court ruled that Mann should be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face charges. One of Mann's co-conspirators has already died at Black Beach prison.
A couple of good links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercena...omestic.29_law
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...17172984/pg_18