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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 10/05/2011 02:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | LONDON—U.K. independent oil and gas explorer Heritage Oil PLC Tuesday became the first new foreign firm to strike a deal to enter the Libyan oil sector following the war through its acquisition of a Benghazi-based oil services company. Although incumbent majors like Total SA and ENI SpA have resumed some production in Libya, new oil companies are salivating at the prospect of joining them in exploring the country with the largest oil reserves in Africa following the fall of Col. Moammar Gadhafi in August. Heritage said its 51% controlling stake in Sahara Oil Services Holdings Ltd., which it is buying for $19.5 million in cash, means the firm will be "well placed to play a significant role in the future oil and gas industry in Libya." Sahara has permits and licenses to provide onshore and offshore oil field services in Libya, as well as the right to bid for and operate oil and gas licenses in the country. |
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Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 10/05/2011 02:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anthony Leslie Rowland "Tony" Buckingham is an oil industry executive with a significant share holding in Heritage Oil Corporation. Heritage is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange since 1999. Recently,[when?] Heritage listed on the London Stock Exchange. Buckingham's direct and indirect share holding is estimated to represent 33% of Heritage. This share was reduced in November 2007 via a share placement made through JP Morgan and Canaccord. Buckingham is a former partner of the mercenary provider or private military company Executive Outcomes.[1] He has had no involvement with such organizations since 1999 and has focused his time on running Heritage. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 10/05/2011 02:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mission statement Executive Outcomes' mission statement was described by the company as[2]: “ To provide a highly professional and confidential military advisory service to legitimate governments. To provide sound military and strategic advice. To provide the most professional military training packages currently available to armed forces, covering aspects related to sea, air, and land warfare. To provide advice to armed forces on weapon and weapon platform selection. To provide a total apolitical service based on confidentiality, professionalism, and dedication. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 2673733 Australia 10/05/2011 02:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have a look at "Executive Outcomes" MISSION STATUS.... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1557679 Mission statement Executive Outcomes' mission statement was described by the company as[2]: “ To provide a highly professional and confidential military advisory service to legitimate governments. To provide sound military and strategic advice. To provide the most professional military training packages currently available to armed forces, covering aspects related to sea, air, and land warfare. To provide advice to armed forces on weapon and weapon platform selection. To provide a total apolitical service based on confidentiality, professionalism, and dedication. This is creepy. Does this mean the military will take over oil production ? Is it joining forces with the oil companies and the military ? Poor Libya, they had no idea what was about to happen |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 10/05/2011 02:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Have a look at "Executive Outcomes" MISSION STATUS.... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1557679 Mission statement Executive Outcomes' mission statement was described by the company as[2]: “ To provide a highly professional and confidential military advisory service to legitimate governments. To provide sound military and strategic advice. To provide the most professional military training packages currently available to armed forces, covering aspects related to sea, air, and land warfare. To provide advice to armed forces on weapon and weapon platform selection. To provide a total apolitical service based on confidentiality, professionalism, and dedication. This is creepy. Does this mean the military will take over oil production ? Is it joining forces with the oil companies and the military ? Poor Libya, they had no idea what was about to happen Well we can 100% be sure that it was his "Mates" that instigated, supplied and trained and probably assisted the rebels so called "Uprising"... |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 10/05/2011 02:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Executive Outcomes was often loosely linked with the United Kingdom private military company Sandline International, but in 1997 Sandline directly subcontracted Executive Outcomes for their operation in Papua New Guinea to oust the rebels holding the Pangua mine on Bougainville Island which led to the so-called "Sandline affair" when news of the government's intention to hire mercenaries was leaked to the Australian press. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 10/05/2011 02:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sandline International was a private military company based in London, established in the early 1990s. It was involved in conflicts in Papua New Guinea in 1997 (having a contract with the government under the then Prime Minister Julius Chan) causing the Sandline affair, in 1998 in Sierra Leone (having a contract with ousted President Kabbah) and in Liberia in 2003 (in a rebel attempt to evict the then-president Charles Taylor near the end of the civil war). Sandline ceased all operations on 16 April 2004. On the company's website, a reason for closure is given: “The general lack of governmental support for Private Military Companies willing to help end armed conflicts in places like Africa, in the absence of effective international intervention, is the reason for this decision. Without such support the ability of Sandline to make a positive difference in countries where there is widespread brutality and genocidal behaviour is materially diminished". |
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Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 10/05/2011 03:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Our Tony seems like a really nice guy.... Mercenary past of UK oil tycoon Tony Buckingham FEW chief executives can claim so colourful a background. Was he an accountant who diligently plugged away at the numbers before slipping gracefully into the top job? Certainly not. Someone who quietly climbed the corporate greasy pole to become the main man at his lifetime employer? Not a bit of it. [link to business.timesonline.co.uk] |
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Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 10/05/2011 03:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It took you three wars to realize this? bunch of fucking morons, it seems like the zionist propaganda machine is working really well. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 2577273 EXCUSE ME DICKHEAD...... No mate, there are some people who are fully aware of what goes on and we are trying to help spread the word, to those people who have been blinkered.. So dont poison my thread with your shitty attitude... I feel your pain and frustration buddy.. i feel it too... but lets try and educate those that dont know... comments like yours are just gonna make people keep the blinkers on... |
Zero Point User ID: 1528931 Australia 10/05/2011 03:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to news.bbc.co.uk] "Sir Mark Thatcher has left South Africa after pleading guilty over his involvement in an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea." Birds of a feather it would seem. Another public service announcement from the Southern Hemisphere Information Leveraging Locus. |