In the 1990s, two companies temporarily halted civil wars in Sierra Leone and Angola: Executive Outcomes, led by Eeben Barlow; and Sandline, helmed by Tim Spicer. Both former soldiers, the two men also understood Africans—how they lived and how they fought. Comprised almost entirely of former ...

But when they came in, the African ex-mercenaries were paid $800 a month – an amount that has now reportedly reduced to $250 a month. ... In 2002, former British Army officer Tim Spicer started a private military company called “Aegis Defense Services” that was later contracted by the U.S. Department of ...

Aegis Defence Services is a British private military company founded in 2002 by former British Army officer Tim Spicer. Spicer was involved in the 1998 "arms to Africa" scandal, in which his previous company, Sandline International, was found to be breaching UN sanctions by importing weapons to Sierra ...

Aegis was founded in 2002 by Tim Spicer, the former Scots Guards officer who was at the centre of the 1998 “arms to Africa” scandal, in which his previous company Sandline was found to be breaching sanctions by importing 100 tonnes of weapons to Sierra Leone in support of the government. Ellery ...

A former senior director at a British firm says that it employed mercenaries from Sierra Leone to work in Iraq because they were cheaper than Europeans and ... Aegis was founded in 2002 by Tim Spicer, the former Scots Guards officer who was at the centre of the 1998 “arms to Africa” scandal, in which his ...

That raised concerns about mercenaries in a company founded by notorious British mercenary Tim Spicer. Secrets ... British Sandline International mercenary commander Colonel Tim Spicer (centre) escorted by police into Boroko District Court, Port Moresby, PNG in 1997. Picture: SuppliedSource:AFP.

Maia's new man Tim Spicer followed his father into the British Army, joining the Scots Guards after passing out from Sandhurst, but failed selection to the SAS. His unit was sent to the Falklands in 1982 where it distinguished itself at the Battle of Mount Longdon. During a tour of duty in Northern Ireland in ...

If you look at Tim Spicer's military career and his subsequent years as a mercenary, you won't be surprised that he has thrived in Iraq's Mad Max world of military contractors and easy money. Born in 1952 in Aldershot, England, Spicer followed his father into the army, attending Sandhurst and then joining the Scots Guards.