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Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Nobody: 5:15pm On Feb 21, 2021
Have you ever wanted to know about the word’s elite mercenary armies? Have you been too afraid to ask because they are the world’s most elite mercenary armies? Well, never fear because we’ve complied a list of some of them right here. These private military contractors are stationed throughout the world in conflicts that governments are hesitant, or unable, to go into.and also help rebels forces including secession agitating nations to combat the oppressive millitaries of their countries

1. Academi


You might remember them better as Blackwater. The infamous private security firm has changed its name a few times since it was embroiled in several controversies, including the wrongful death of 17 Iraqi citizens. The unprovoked shooting of the Iraqi civilians lead to a rather terse moment between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Academi has a 7,000 acre training facility in North Carolina, one of the largest in the world. They boast an impressive army of 20,000.

Defion Internacional

This company trains private military personnel from Latin America, these mercs are paid as little as $1,000 a month. The company has been used in the past by a private U.S. firm known as Triple Canopy, which used individuals trained by Defion. These mercs were tasked with protecting the Green Zone in Iraq. The company which hired them out, Triple Canopy, was the subject of intense scrutiny due to what many called inadequate training and pay.


Aegis Defense Services

This company provides services for the UN, U.S., and various oil companies. They have a staff of 5,000 but perhaps they are best known for a series of videos from 2005 that showed Aegis forces firing upon Iraqi civilians. The companies website promotes their usefulness in protecting business interests in emerging markets.

Triple Canopy

Perhaps one of the better known private security firms, Triple Canopy is made up of former U.S. Army Special Forces veterans and Delta Force personnel. The company employs over 5,000 people. In 2009 the U.S. government sued Triple Canopy for fraud regarding one of its Iraq security contract under the False Claims Act. Triple Canopy was awarded various lucrative contracts to the tune of $90 million for their protection of the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters in Iraq. Prior to the government suing Triple Canopy they released a report lauding the private security services efforts.


G4S Secure Solutions

Seriously, this place is massive. They are the second largest private employer of people behind Walmart. Let’s let that sink in for a minute. They employee some 625,000 people. They operate in over 125 countries. They gained some notoriety for holding what many called "Animal House" style parties in Kabul, Afghanistan. There was also that little problem with having Afghan drug lords on their payroll, whoops!



Now imagine ESN consulting and seeking the services of these effective war planners shocked

What will Nigeria army do grin grin

Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Nobody: 5:27pm On Feb 21, 2021
Buhari sympatisers are now confused to explain what they will do if these guys start working with mazi Nnamdi kanu grin
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Asgard13: 5:48pm On Feb 21, 2021
IPOB SHOULD NOT DISAPPOINT WEN NECESSARY..
MORAL UMU AKA DIGODI HIGH.. TINYEZIE THIS MEN.... CONFIRMED TRAINING

KITIGBA GBABA..

.....FOR WHO DARES WIN.
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by BigSarah(f): 6:03pm On Feb 21, 2021
Why would ESN need mercenaries who is fighting a war?
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Newman20(m): 6:08pm On Feb 21, 2021
This is some good information.....


If only we could hire blackwater to combat some of the illegal Fulani immigrants.
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Newman20(m): 6:08pm On Feb 21, 2021
superjab:
Buhari sympatisers are now confused to explain what they will do if these guys start working with mazi Nnamdi kanu grin
grin grin grin
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Monogamy: 6:25pm On Feb 21, 2021
Private mercenaries, respect to them.

They are good at their job
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Monogamy: 6:25pm On Feb 21, 2021
superjab:
Buhari sympatisers are now confused to explain what they will do if these guys start working with mazi Nnamdi kanu grin
I love this your jab...... grin wink cheesy
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by christistruth01: 6:33pm On Feb 21, 2021
superjab:
Buhari sympatisers are now confused to explain what they will do if these guys start working with mazi Nnamdi kanu grin
They don't work for Terrorists
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by DenreleDave(m): 6:35pm On Feb 21, 2021
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christistruth01:
They don't work for Terrorists
Super jab grin grin grin grin
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Resurrection212: 6:37pm On Feb 21, 2021
Olodo the same law that banned American national guide from invading the sovereign state also apply to this private companies. In fact private army can't be use in warzone such move was unlawful combatant.

And moreover only a state can use private army like president and big firms.
superjab:
Buhari sympatisers are now confused to explain what they will do if these guys start working with mazi Nnamdi kanu grin
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Nobody: 6:43pm On Feb 21, 2021
Resurrection212:
Olodo the same law that banned American national guide from invading the sovereign state also apply to this private companies. In fact private army can't be use in warzone such move was unlawful combatant.

And moreover only a state can use private army like president and big firms.
Pained grin do you know how ESN guys got AK-12 assault rifles cheesy


Let me end it here because I can see u are in serious pains grin grin
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by BafanaBafana: 6:59pm On Feb 21, 2021
Ipob can't afford them
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Nobody: 7:01pm On Feb 21, 2021
BigSarah:
Why would ESN need mercenaries who is fighting a war?
Have u wondered how ESN got their weapons despite under serious surveillance by buhari DSS and his Fulani soldiers cheesy

That's a question for another day grin
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Nobody: 7:02pm On Feb 21, 2021
christistruth01:
They don't work for Terrorists
Only terrorists designated by the UN not those proscribed by illiterate terrorists themselves grin
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Nobody: 7:05pm On Feb 21, 2021
BafanaBafana:
Ipob can't afford them
But they could afford this pretty toy cheesy

Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Nobody: 7:12pm On Feb 21, 2021
Newman20:
This is some good information.....


If only we could hire blackwater to combat some of the illegal Fulani immigrants.
The useless SE,SW,govs won't do it,they are eyeing a floating 2023 presidency,imagine a man on a bicycle trying to catch a jet grin
Imagine black water secretly training and arming our vigilantes I assure u that herdsmen,army and buhari would be so confused that they would embrace peace!!!!!!
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by Newman20(m): 7:30pm On Feb 21, 2021
superjab:
The useless SE,SW,govs won't do it,they are eyeing a floating 2023 presidency,imagine a man on a bicycle trying to catch a jet grin
Imagine black water secretly training and arming our vigilantes I assure u that herdsmen,army and buhari would be so confused that they would embrace peace!!!!!!
Exactly! grin grin grin


Three gbosa for you
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by chrisblack: 9:40pm On Feb 21, 2021
Resurrection212:
Olodo the same law that banned American national guide from invading the sovereign state also apply to this private companies. In fact private army can't be use in warzone such move was unlawful combatant.

And moreover only a state can use private army like president and big firms.
ask russia's president Putin's kitchen cabinet chef what their private mercenaries are doing in libya and CAR
Re: Top 5 Mercenaries And Private Millitary Companies In The World by BKayy: 9:47pm On Feb 21, 2021
BigSarah:
Why would ESN need mercenaries who is fighting a war?
The war is already on or are you waiting for them to announce it on NTA?
The current theatres are Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Niger, Kastina, Kaduna and Imo. It is shifting to Edo slowly
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