"Private Army Formed to Fight Somali Pirates Leaves Troubled Legacy" But the creation of the Puntland Maritime Police Force was anything but simple. It involved dozens of South African mercenaries and the shadowy security firm that employed them, millions of dollars in secret payments by the United Arab Emirates, a former clandestine officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, and Erik Prince, the billionaire former head of Blackwater Worldwide who was residing at the time in the emirates. Read more about it here: nytimes/2012/10/05/world/africa/private-army-leaves-troubled-legacy-in-somalia.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:22:40 +0000
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