Mercenary (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Mercenary" in English language version.

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"Owain Lawgoch (English:Owain of the Red Hand, French:Yvain de Galles)". 100welshheroes.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

abc.net.au

"Gunship for Hire". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 September 2000. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

acig.org

Tom Cooper Civil War in Nigeria (Biafra), 1967–1970 Archived 2 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine 13 November 2003. Second paragraph.

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Abueish, Tamara (13 July 2020). "Turkey sends mercenaries, militants of different nationalities to Libya: Reports". Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021 – via Al Arabiya English.

alertnet.org

Reuters South Africa to review mercenary law, targets Iraq February 2005

ancestry.com

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"Rootsweb: Celts in Egypt". Archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com. 24 February 2004. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

asiatimes.com

"Turkey deploys Syrian mercenaries to Karabakh war". Asia Times. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

balkanupdate.blogspot.com

Balkan Update (23 February 2011). "BALKAN UPDATE: Serbian Mercenaries Fighting on Behalf of Gaddafi". Balkanupdate.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

battlefields.org

"Hessians". American Battlefield Trust. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

bbc.co.uk

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"Dogs of war into doves of peace" Archived 13 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine. BBC News, 11 November 2002
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BBC Mann guilty of purchasing weapons Archived 31 August 2004 at the Wayback Machine 27 August 2004
BBC Q&A: Equatorial Guinea coup plot Archived 31 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine 13 January 2005
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bc.edu

"The laws in some countries". Bc.edu. 12 August 1949. Archived from the original on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

"'Wonga Coup' mercenaries fixed Gaddafi's doomed last flight". The Belfast Telegraph. 2 November 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

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Schuster 2016, pp. 366–367. Schuster, Carl Otis (2016). "Memnon and Mentor of Rhodes (ca. 380–333, ca. 385–340)". In Phang, Sara E.; Spence, Iain; Kelly, Douglas; Londey, Peter (eds.). Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1610690201.
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Bisher, Jamie (2006). White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian (illustrated ed.). Routledge. p. 339. ISBN 1135765960.
Fenby, Jonathan (2003). Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost (illustrated ed.). Simon and Schuster. p. 102. ISBN 0743231449.
Weirather, Larry (2015). Fred Barton and the Warlords' Horses of China: How an American Cowboy Brought the Old West to the Far East. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 42. ISBN 978-0786499137.
Bisher, Jamie (2005). White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian (illustrated ed.). Psychology Press. p. 297. ISBN 0714656909.
Kwong, Chi Man (2017). War and Geopolitics in Interwar Manchuria: Zhang Zuolin and the Fengtian Clique during the Northern Expedition. Vol. 1 of Studies on Modern East Asian History (illustrated ed.). BRILL. p. 155. ISBN 978-9004340848.
Fenby, Jonathan (2003). Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost (illustrated ed.). Simon and Schuster. p. 176. ISBN 0743231449.
Fenby, Jonathan (2009). Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost (reprint ed.). Hachette Books. p. 176. ISBN 978-0786739844.
Fenby, Jonathan (2010). The General: Charles De Gaulle and the France He Saved. Simon and Schuster. p. 176. ISBN 978-0857200679.
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Forbes, Andrew D. W. (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949 (illustrated ed.). CUP Archive. p. 100. ISBN 0521255147.
Forbes, Andrew D. W. (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949 (illustrated ed.). CUP Archive. pp. 120–121. ISBN 0521255147.
Forbes, Andrew D. W. (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949 (illustrated ed.). CUP Archive. p. 178. ISBN 0521255147.
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cbsnews.com

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CNN MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) Nick du Toit said he was introduced to Thatcher in South Africa last year by Simon Mann, 25 August 2004: Archived 14 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine

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cracked.com

"The 5 Craziest Soldiers of Fortune To Ever Cash a Paycheck". Cracked.com. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

danbyrnes.com.au

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doi.org

Kolff, Dirk H. A. (2013). "Peasants fighting for a living in early modern North India". Fighting for a Living. Amsterdam University Press: 243–266. doi:10.1017/9789048517251.009. ISBN 978-9089644527. JSTOR j.ctt6wp6pg.11.

dw.com

"Syrian mercenaries sustain Turkey's foreign policy". Deutsche Welle. 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

dw.de

"Baghdad funnelling pro-Assad militias to Syria". Deutsche Welle. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.

economist.com

"The Company That Ruled The Waves". The Economist. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
"The spoiler Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan warlord, is not interested in compromise". The Economist. 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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Gary Brecher. Biafra: Killer Cessnas and Crazy Swedes Archived 14 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine 15 October 2004.

forbes.com

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freep.com

"Mercenaries offer to help Moammar Gadhafi's fugitive son flee, prosecutor says". Detroit Free Press. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

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"Personal". Illustrated London News. No. 3273. London, England. 11 January 1902. p. 44. Retrieved 30 August 2012. Major F.R. Burnham, upon whom the D.S.O. was recently conferred by his Majesty, is himself the King of Army Scouts... His brilliant achievements have been rewarded by his receiving a commission as Major in the British Army.
"Chief of Scouts. Major Burnham's Adventures". The Times. No. 44450. London, England. 9 December 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 30 August 2012. The author of these reminiscences has never renounced the American citizenship which was his by birth and parentage, yet his military title, formally confirmed by King Edward, is British.

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ghostarchive.org

"Bob Denard". Independent.co.uk. 15 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
Cockburn, Patrick (24 June 2011). "Amnesty questions claim that Gaddafi ordered rape as weapon of war". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
"Turkey hires Tunisian, Sudanese mercenaries to fight in Libya". Egypt Today. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

globalpolicy.org

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globalpost.com

"South African mercenaries stuck in Libya: reports". Globalpost.com. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

globalvoices.org

Mark L Goldberg, USA (24 February 2011). "Serbia: Reactions to the Story of Serbian Mercenaries in Libya · Global Voices". Globalvoices.org. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

groupedci.fr

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guide-humanitarian-law.org

"Doctors without borders | The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law". guide-humanitarian-law.org. Retrieved 10 September 2023.

haaretz.com

"Syria rebels: Assad regime recruiting Iranian, Hezbollah mercenaries". Associated Press/Haaretz. 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.

historynet.com

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hoover.org

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hrw.org

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humanite.fr

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iafrica.com

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"iafrica.com | SA mercenaries 'misled'". News.iafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

icrc.org

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independent.co.uk

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"Turkey hires Tunisian, Sudanese mercenaries to fight in Libya". Egypt Today. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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"Captain hosts his hijacker". The Times of India. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

indiavision.com

"Gaddafi's son hires mercenaries to flee IndiaVision Latest Breaking News". Indiavision.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

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jpost.com

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jstor.org

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thehypervigilantobserver.blogspot.com

"Hypervigilant Observer: Serbia / Libya : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors in Tripoli?". Thehypervigilantobserver.blogspot.com. 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

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