A court case in New York has highlighted how Iran is using technology to recruit agents who may not even be regime supporters
  • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Mercenaries are definitely not all professionals - who do you think are the boots on the ground for all the proxy wars happening today?

    Turkey and Russia were flying out Syrian mercenaries to north Africa to fight each other over Libya.

    It’s extensively published in military research papers that guns for hire (mercenaries) are becoming much more ubiquitous in today’s proxy wars.

    • InternationalHermit@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Look up the definition of professional in the dictionary. If you get paid for a job, your are a professional. Level of experience or skill is not part of the definition.