Eeben Barlow's Military and Security Blog

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

AN APOLOGY FROM EXECUTIVE OUTCOMES PROTECTIVE SERVICES

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In early June 2012, Jason alerted me to a company posing as the reborn Executive Outcomes. Not only did Executive Outcomes Protective Ser...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2013

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I a pologise for being late this year in wishing my Chinese friends a very happy New Year – a traditional Chinese celebration that began ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

USING HUMOUR TO COPE AND SURVIVE

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I remember clearing for mines around a young soldier who had just stepped on an anti-personnel mine. His broken body had been dragged him...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

ISN'T IT TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS?

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Some of my Nigerian friends and I were discussing the situation in Mali and the apparent lack of good advice, intelligence, strategy, tra...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

WHY THE ARMED FORCES FAIL AT COIN

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The armed forces can, despite their relative strengths in terms of manpower, firepower and other resources, fail at effectively neutralis...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

A BLESSED FESTIVE SEASON TO ALL

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I have sadly, over the past few months, been unable to maintain my blog as I would have wanted to. I have also been unable to respond to ...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

THE PASSING OF A GENERAL

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The recent passing of Lt Gen R (Witkop) Badenhorst, SSAS, SD, SM, MMM came as a great shock to me. I served under Gen Badenhorst when...
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I saw active service in conventional, clandestine and covert units of the South African Defence Force. I was the founder of the Private Military Company (PMC) Executive Outcomes in 1989 and its chairman until I left in 1997. 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. EO also operated in South America and the Far East. I believe that only Africans (Black and White) can truly solve Africa’s problems. I was appointed Chairman of STTEP International in 2009 and also lecture at military colleges and universities in Africa on defence, intelligence and security issues. Prior to the STTEP International appointment, I served as an independent politico-military advisor to several African governments. Until recently, I was a contributing editor to The Counter Terrorist magazine. All comments in line with the topics on this blog are welcome. As I consider this to be a serious look at military and security matters, foul language and political or religious debates will not be entertained on this blog.
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