Thursday, July 12, 2018

Outsourcing war: How foreigners and mercenaries power UAE's military


UAE’s futuristic cities and booming economy were built on foreign know-how and labour funded by petro dollars, and its military is no different

Military show at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, 19 February 2017 (AFP)


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In California's Mojave Desert last year, an American man wearing a helmet and body armour stood in front of a line of rifle-toting Emirati troops who were in the United States for military training.