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Bob Denard

Bob Denard (born 1929 in Bordeaux, France]]) is perhaps the most famous and influential mercenary in the last fifty years.

Denard severd with the French forces in Indochina and then in Morroco[?] before going private in the early 60s. He found planety of work with the tumultuous de-colonization of Africa and the battle against communism in the region. Denard is known to have participated in conflitcs in Zimbabwe, Yemen, Iran, Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, Angola and Zaire. He has overthrown the government of the Comoros three times. He is responsible for untold numbers of deaths and contributed greatly to the destabilization of Africa that continues today.

For most of his carreer Denard had the quiet backing of France and the French secret services which wished to maintain French influence over its ex-colonies.

Denard was arrested in 1995 when he attempted to launch a fourth coup in the Comoros without French backing. The French government sent an expditionary force to counter the rogue Denard and he was apprehended and put on trial. At his trial a number of former Gaullist politicians spoke on his behalf.

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