Mercenary

A mercenary is a soldier who fights, or engages in warfare primarily for private gain, usually with little regard for ideological, national or political considerations. However, when the term is used to refer to a soldier in a regular national army, it is usually considered an insult, epithet or pejorative.

External links

• UNHCHR: Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on use of mercenaries
• BBC on the trial in 1976 of the Angolan merceneries
• CNN special on merceneries
• London Independent (Sep 2 04): How oil brought the dogs of war back to Malabo
• Glasgow Herald 26 August 2004: "'Scratcher' and the battle for Guinea" by Allan Laing
• CNN 25 August 2004:MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) Nick du Toit said he was introduced to Thatcher in South Africa last year by Simon Mann
• BBC 27 August 2004; Mann guilty of purchasing weapons
• BBC Q&A: Equatorial Guinea coup plot
• BBC Report on sentencing August 2004
• Reuters: Feb 2005: South Africa to review mercenary law, targets Iraq