The somalia monitoring group, a team of specialists appointed by the united nations security council to investigate suspected arms embargo breaches, claims lafras luitingh is a leader of a group which is helping to train and equip a large militia force. Civil cooperation bureau academic dictionaries and. Eo actively encouraged the sa government to enforce a regulation of pmcs as several south african and international companies were masquerading for work under the banner of executive outcomes. I have not read this book yet, but this is definitely on my list for christmas. South african mercenary outfit training troops in somalia. Executive outcomes, the parent company of saracen international saracens front man lafras luitingh was a director of the now deregistered eo pioneered an arrangement whereby security. Kotze, jonathan leach, lafras luitingh, nico palm, rufan palm, pine pienaar, piers pigou, duncan rykaardt, lt col shikufa namibian defence force general. Mr luituingh and some of his former colleagues went on to form the infamous gunsforhire outfit known as executive outcomes. Blackwater founder is said to back african mercenaries. The company was formed with the remnants of executive outcomes, a private mercenary firm composed largely of former south african special operations troops that operated throughout africa in the 1990s. After the collapse of the apartheid regime, luitingh and some of his colleagues went on to form the infamous gunsforhire outfit known as executive outcomes. Executive outcomes military wiki fandom military wikia. Until its closure in 1998, eo operated primarily in africa helping african governments that had been abandoned by the west and were facing threats from insurgencies, terrorism and organised crime.
Executive outcomes was a private military company pmc founded in south africa by eeben. Staff functions although there is consistent evidence that the ccb had two staff functions 23. Executive outcomes was involved in sierra leone, angola, kenya, uganda, sudan, malawi, mozambique, south africa and canada. The signatories were simon mann, lafras luitingh, eeben barlow and anthony buckingham. Ruling by the press ombudsman and an adjudication panel. The rest of the board included joe verster managing director, dawid fourie deputy md, wj basson, theuns kruger, and lafras luitingh. I would be interested to hear what others have to say if they have read it. Mr luitingh has been involved with executive outcomes right from the very beginning, as a key fighter and officer, he said. This, together with the degree of cooperation evident between sandline and eo, suggests that sandline is simply one part of the overall setup and the division is largely on paper.
Although there is consistent evidence that the ccb had two staff functions 21 it is not clear what the names of these groups were and whether these remained the same over the life of the. Roelf van heerden archives feral jundi feral jundi. Mercenaries have been a part warfare for centuries, and though the names have changed, continue to play a part in global military conflicts. Executive outcomes is a private military company that hires mercenaries, mr vines said. Barlow brought in lafras luitingh, a former ccb cell leader who had been touting for private security contracts in luanda in 1992 while he evaded south african authorities who wanted him for questioning in connection with the murder of anthropologist and anc activist. Dawid fourie deputy md, wj basson, theuns kruger, and lafras luitingh. Kotze, jonathan leach, lafras luitingh, nico palm, rufan palm, pine pienaar. Lafras luitingh, erik prince and the rest of the pmpf crew come to the rescue and recruit a hapless, ragtag group of locals and train them to bring peace and justice to their homeland. Overall, this film is excellent and it is worth your time to watch. Lafras has been involved with executive outcomes from its very beginning. Senior associates included simon mann and tony buckingham, who, along with barlow and luitingh were the executive officers of ibis air, the aircraft procurement organisation for executive outcomes which was essentially their private air force. It is true that an ruf victory would not have been a pleasant outcome.
But beyond doubt is their reputation as one of the most efficient private armies in the world. The somalia monitoring group, a team of specialists appointed by the united nations security council to investigate suspected arms embargo breaches, claims lafras luitingh is a leader of a group. However, a great editor and an understanding publisher made it easier to finally reach the end of the road. His secondin command lafras luitingh had also been a member of the bureau. Somali autonomy and the failure of the puntland maritime. Sa mans death highlights clash with somali trainees iol.
The term has commonly been used to refer to executive outcomes and sandline international, two names used by a single group of british and south african businessmen and exmilitary officers. Eo actively encouraged the south african government to enforce a regulation of pmcs as several south african and international companies were masquerading for work under the banner of executive outcomes. But lafras luitingh is a former south african mercenary and still very much in the gunsforhire business. Executive outcomes vs savimbiunita rebels 199297 youtube. The aim of the act was to stop mercenary activities by the dual actions of.
Mr vines says he has studied executive outcomes in depth. Washington erik prince, the founder of international security giant blackwater worldwide, is secretly backing an effort by a controversial south african mercenary firm to insert itself into somalias bloody civil war by protecting government leaders, training somali militias, and battling pirates and islamic militants there, according to western and african officials. The men of executive outcomes who read and corrected what i had written and who also gave me access to their photographs. Marketing the new dogs of war center for public integrity. Sa man linked to somali militia, drugs 20110828 16. Their interventions in angola, sierra leone and papua new guinea during the mid 1990s aroused repeated concern, setting off the current debates on pmcs. The men of executive outcomes who read and corrected what i had written and.
As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. The company makes little public about its operations and personnel, but it appears to be run by lafras luitingh. W hen erik prince arrived at the four seasons resort in the seychelles in january 2017 for his nowfamous meetings with a russian banker and uae. Australian accused of funding private somali army abc. Executive outcomes was a private military company pmc founded in south africa by eeben barlow, a former lieutenantcolonel of the south african defence force, in 1989. The staff of executive outcomes shy away from the label. Executive outcomes corporate structure is highly elaborate. Angola seems to be where eo head barlow met former sas officer tony buckingham, now believed to have ultimate control over eo and the complex web of some 80 companies involved in businesses ranging from landmine. Additionally, eo was actively engaged in providing input into the formulation of the bill which became known as regulation of foreign military assistance act in 1998. Against all odds was finally signed off this morning and is due to go to print. If you are a fan of executive outcomes or a student of private military companies and their uses for war fighting, then this is your book. Although there is consistent evidence that the ccb had two staff functions. Barlow brought in lafras luitingh, a former ccb cell leader who had been. The lna said february 28 2020 that it had shot down at least six turkish drones, showing images of tangled wreckage whose authenticity reuters could not immediately verify.
Barlow brought in lafras luitingh, a former ccb cell leader who had been touting for private security contracts in luanda in 1992 while he evaded south african authorities who wanted him for questioning in connection with the murder of anthropologist and anc activist, david webster in johannesburg in 1989. Executive outcomes 1997 the bloody truth of the worlds most. Major luitingh a man who has been implicated in a number of reportswas a board member of the south african civil. Executive outcomes was a private military company pmc founded in south africa by former lieutenantcolonel of the south african defence force eeben barlow in 1989. Lafras luitingh, ex maggiore e responsabile del reclutamento dei quinto reconnaissance commando, in sigla reccies, in sudafrica, e probabilmente come. In 1993 buckingham, mann and barlow registered executive outcomes uk. Executive outcomes was dissolved on january 1, 1999 when south africa introduced the 1998 regulation of foreign military assistance act. Executive outcomes eo1 has been called a new mercenary company one. Ferial haffajee and stuart hess you can teach an old dog new tricks, as a legion of former apartheid spies, torturers and key dirtytricks operatives are showing.
Executive outcomes eo was a private military company pmc. Other senior executive outcomes personnel were lafras luitingh and nic. The company makes little public about its operations and personnel, but it appears to be run by lafras luitingh, a former officer in south africas civil cooperation bureau, an apartheidera. Saracen international reportedly has blackwater founders. In todays world these soldiers for hire are an attractive alternative when western governments are reluctant to put their militaries at risk for obscure causes that would otherwise be difficult to explain to their electorates. It puts into perspective what these men were up against for this contract and i. The term has commonly been used to refer to executive outcomes and. After reading many books by some of the operators involved, this seems. Saracens chief operating officer, who signed the contract with the tfg, is lafras luitingh, a former south african intelligence officer who worked as a senior officer for executive outcomes, an. It used people who had been very active in the apartheid system in south africa to provide security services across africa. Mr luitingh has been involved with executive outcomes right.
Major lafras luitingh, one of the founders and the former ceo of executive outcomes, now plays a key leading role in saracen international. Lafras luitingh, the puntland warlord war after war. Executive outcomes is what would be termed a private military company that hires mercenaries. Angola bloody diamonds executive outcomes eo founded in 1989 by veterans of the south african defense force and registered in britain in 1993. Mr luitingh has been involved with executive outcomes right from the. It later became part of the south africanbased holding company strategic resource corporation. The south african civil cooperation bureau ccb was a governmentsponsored death squad during the apartheid era that operated under the authority of defence minister general magnus malan. Luitingh, now usually resident in south africa, is one of the founders of the controversial company executive outcomes, which offers soldiers for hire and is currently employed by both the angolan. I was the founder of the private military company pmc executive outcomes in 1989 and its chairman until i left in 1997.
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