@Vikki & Lifechemist

I wrote about this type of activity on the 10th in another forum unrelated to this, it reads as follows:

"@Ijexa

Thanks for that article. Whilst it loosely relates to this thread. I would love to have another thread about the Mercenaries and their activities in Africa in particular. I have meet a couple personally.

More over I have my own views on them.

By the way did you hear about the attempted coup yesterday in Guiena faso ?

Executive Outcomes and the other mob doing very well in Africa. And there is a requirement for such activities.

However I believe there is a vast pool of African Americans and African British ex service men who could be formed and employed by the African Union utilized to protect elected governments and supress counter insergency operations against "Foreign Aided Rebels" such as in Haiti.

It could operate similar to the French & Spanish Foreign Legion. There are enough high level Staff Officers in the American Army and special forces in the British Army of African descent to make it work.

Western Train soldiers are very effective fighting force if equipt well, and can be deployed to great effect with minial cost and political hassle of seeing "Our Boys in Body Bags" since nobody cries for the loss of a Mercenary. But if used by the African Union an African Foreign Legion would have a great stablizing effect in Africa.

It requires the political will. But regional entities such as ECOWAS have disgraced themselves often pandering to looting and abuses from thier respective countries, although they have been quite effective.

The French Foreign Legion is very much different from your standard Mercenary and Modern Suited with Booted one of today. As it functions like a well disciplined Army. Highly respected in the Modern World as an elite outfit. An African equilerent would be of great benefit.

Still I digress greatly from the topic at hand."