Western governments and corporations have conquered foreign politics, markets and resources of Africa and other with the help of private armies. The phenomenon is not new and only taking more importance.
The mercenaries have always given western states and corporations the opportunity to do whatever they want with transparency, without having any explanations to give about the methods, and even without a direct implication in the military intervention. But these soldiers, in the service of imperialism, who obey more the laws of capitalism than the Geneva Convention, are capable of doing the worst.
After being incorporated in regular armies during a year or two, and fighting for long enough on the battle-front, soldiers intend to forget everything besides their experience of war, and become perfectly lobotomised individuals with no ethic, ready to commit the worst actions for the good will their government. But mercenaries are even worst. You don’t join a mercenary with a PHD in political science and believing that you can improve foreign countries politics by fighting for dictators. No one willing to obtain peace in a sensible manner would ever be interested in their peace maintaining methods. Actually, we all know that war itself is the business of these companies, and therefore, permanent peace is the-one-thing they could not hope for.
People decide to fight in these private armies because war is something they simply enjoy, and because its something they love to be paid for. They had no real values before starting their mercenary career, and the atmosphere they evolve in doesnt allow them to understand the concept of crime itself. Nothing matters but the money that they will cash in, once their inhuman duty accomplished.
No one has the power to punish them, for western countries are the ones who have created and used these mercenary groups in the past. And the only people who actually know what crimes they’re committing and where, are the populations that these mercenaries oppress and even massacre.
The most important private armies are American and British, but other western countries developed this kind of activity.
The most significative “private armies” of this planet to name a few are:
-DYN CORP (United-States)
-SANDLINE (Great Britain)
-MILITARY PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES: MPRI (United-States)
-VINELLE CORPORATION (United-States)
-ARMOR HOLDING-DEFENCE SYSTEMS Ltd (United-States & Great Britain)
-WACKENHUT (United-States)
-LEVDAN (Israel)
-INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITY: IDAS (Belgium and Netherlands)
-EXECUTIVES OUTCOME until 1998 (South-Africa)
-AFRICA SECURITY (France)
-IRIS SERVICES (France)
-SECURANCE (France)
-ERIC S.A. (France)
-GEOS (France)
... And many other! CIEX, CAPCON, KROLL, MAXIMA, HAKLUYT & CO,
The Struggle Continues!!!
Ndey Jobarteh