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Congrats to Lafras Luitingh on winning Somali Anti-Terr contract
Saracen International To Train Somali Anti-Terrorist Forces, Government AnnouncesThe Somalia government disclosed it has signed an agreement with a private security company based in Beirut, Lebanon to train police and security forces. The Somalia government disclosed it has signed an agreement with a private security company based in Beirut, Lebanon to train police and security forces. In an exclusive interview with VOA Somali Service, Finance Minister Hussein Abdi Halane said the agreement was signed in late October between President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Lafras Luitingh Chief Operations Officer for Saracen International. Luitingh is a former According to the agreement, the training which the company is providing includes anti-terrorist training program to train the State's police and security forces in providing anti-terrorist protection services. The number of the force has not been disclosed. Also other types of training in the agreement include training armed body guard, chauffeur and guard training program, as well as VIP protection, special event security, aviation and maritime security and mailroom security services training program. Perhaps Saracen will employ 'die Koevoet' bounty system the 1978 brainchild of then Colonel Hans Dreyer (later a Major-General in the SAP) to develop and exploit intelligence and was based on the Portuguese Flechas and the Rhodesian Selous Scouts. Koevoet was based in Oshakati and suffered 153 killed in action and several hundred more wounded. They killed more than 3,681 SWAPO insurgentswhich resulted in a 1:25 or one to 25 kill ratio. Good pirate hunting Saracen! Posted by: Besoeker 2010-12-26 |
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