His mother was a survivor of concentration camp auschwitz. Select this result to view michael h grunbergs phone number, address, and more. In angola, eo employed former south african soldiers and was paid by the angolan state oil company, sonangol, to assist the angolan army in regaining control of the soyo oilfields from unita. Executive outcomes was a private military company founded by former lieutenantcolonel of the south african defence force eeben barlow in 1989. Grunberg is a commercial advisor for a company that sells soldiers to government leaders. Fifteen years ago, i borrowed a book called the samson option from a friend called mike. Based on the true story of the worlds most famous mercenaries, e. Chapter 11, the lord and the prince, is an examination of how the legacy of executive outcomes ans sandline informs and shapes the ambitions of the. Executive outcomes, llc in fortville, in 317 7100567. What i found most interesting in the chapter was former sandline accountant michael grunberg s account of what the take was for those running executive outcomes. Dec 14, 2007 sandline released a long list of corrections to a book released in 2000 by pluto press, mercenaries. Duriing the late 1980s buckingham was a director of the uk company sabre petroleum ltd.
Executive outcomes were one of the most wellorganized and wellknown private military contractors that operated up until the late 1990s. Executive outcomes could be considered the progenitor of the. Escalating fighting within angola prompted executive outcomes entry in late. Founder eeben barlow in the early 1990s originally offered courses in intelligence to south africas special forces and. Executive outcomes is the model on which all private military companies pmcs operating in iraq and afghanistan are based. Executive outcomes was involved in sierra leone, angola, kenya, uganda, sudan, malawi, mozambique, south africa and canada. Its written by the my lai dude, seymour hersh, and its about israels pursuit and cover up thereof of a nuclear weapons programme its rather interesting, and hersh does name a few names when it comes to his sources something that the observer might.
Grunberg heads plaza 107, a holding company for branch energy. Although they officially state their only mission is bringing peace, they have been suspected of several shady activities ranging from sierra leonebased oil company shenanigans to diamond. Defense intelligence agency hosted its oneday symposium on the privatization of national security functions in subsaharan africa, the guest list included five representatives of sandlineexecutive outcomes, eeben barlow, michael grunberg, col. After reading the account from a soldier on the ground four ball, one tracer. Sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. Michael grunberg sandline the best known of these was executive outcomes eo initially based in south africa and involved in angola and sierra leone. Executive outcomes a corporate conquest 83 this article will show how eo started out as a covert front company for its national defence force and was later used to recruit military personnel for angolan support operations. Executive outcomes the exact outcome of the intended course and after executive. The military network was controlled by shadowy holding companies, called plaza 107 in the uk controlled by grunberg and the strategic resources corporation in. Executive outcomes wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. A executive outcomes era uma empresa militar privada fundada na africa do sul, pelo exmilitar sulafricano eeben barlow em 1989. Marketing the new dogs of war center for public integrity. Executive outcomes eo was established in 1989 as a wholly owned and registered south african company.
He grew up in a family of jewish immigrants, originally from germany. Executive outcomes was the title of the most successful private army of modern times. Among the incidents i cover in my new book are the murder of peter mcbride, the aegis trophy video, the papua new guinea coup, the equatorial guinea plot, executive outcomes muder of civilians in angola and the arms to africa affair. Michael grunberg, a british chartered accountant who is head of finances for the. Executive outcomes was often linked loosely with the united kingdom pmc 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 socalled sandline affair when news of the governments. Soldiers of fortune ltd profile of todays private sector. This organization primarily operates in the fraternity residential house business industry within the hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places sector. Eo executive outcomes eod explosive ordinance disposal eu european union. It is true that an ruf victory would not have been a pleasant outcome.
Sandlines commercial adviser michael grunberg has made further legal threats, warning that comments by skate that sandline had been engaged by the former chan government to murder papua new. Private military contractor pmc executive outcomes youtube. Buckingham and mann then planned the assault on soyo in angola which retook the town from unita in 1993. Although buckingham does not show up on executive outcomes company documents, the prospectus of diamondworks makes it clear that there is a relationship, stating that buckingham facilitates introductions for executive outcomes to certain governments. It is probable that on this occasion buckingham and his accountant michael grunberg called strassers attention to the services of executive outcomes and offered the initial funding. Michael grunberg called strassers attention to the services of executive outcomes and offered the initial funding. Branch energy is not and never has been a subsidiary of eo. Lafras luitingh, ex maggiore e responsabile del reclutamento dei quinto reconnaissance commando, in sigla reccies, in sudafrica, e probabilmente come. Eeben sets his side of the equation out and in this edition includes the confirmation of what he said was the media lies fake news against him and his company. We tell the story of ferocious battles in angola and sierra leone for blood diamonds, of the executive outcomes pr machine at the worlds biggest arms fair in abu dhabi and in discreet pretoria houses back home in south africa, of.
Journeyman found the bloody truth of africas big business mercenaries, with a unique video diary filmed on the battlefield of eos angola campaign. This organization has been operating for approximately 14 years. With a video diary of executive outcomes mercenary forces at war. Executive outcomes eo1 has been called a new mercenary company. He works for sandline international, a company that provides army instructors, military advisors and combat operations for those who pay. Barlow, who had extensive experience in sas wars in neighboring countries in the 70s and 80s, headed the european section of the. In january 2001, executive outcomes sued the government in a sierra leone court. Sandline is a client of plaza 107, a company owned by michael grunberg. Simon mann, one of the executive outcomes founders, is to have a starring role in chapter 12, in which the equatorial guinea coup attempt is discussed. Nov 11, 2002 michael grunberg sandline the best known of these was executive outcomes eo initially based in south africa and involved in angola and sierra leone. They operated in africa through out the 1990s and closed shop in 1999. Executive outcomes contract with the government of angola is believed to have included a diamond concession to their subsidiary, branch energy. Jan 01, 2007 executive outcomes is the model on which all private military companies pmcs operating in iraq and afghanistan are based. It later became part of the south africanbased holding company strategic resource corporation.
Since its establishment, eos mission has remained largely unchanged the provision of. Even though they had difficulty extracting payments from the second operation, the men had generated extraordinary persona income. The third result is michael h grunberg age 20s in greenbelt, md. Eeben sets his side of the equation out and in this edition includes the confirmation of what he said was the media lies fake news against him a. Executive outcomes in italiano risultati esecutivi, spesso abbreviata in eo, e stata una compagnia militare privata fondata in sudafrica dal tenente colonnello della south african defence force eeben barlow nel 1989 con dei soci, tra cui. Select this result to view michael h grunberg s phone number, address, and more.
Executive outcomes based on the true story of the worlds most famous mercenaries, executive outcomes tells the story of 150 men who came to sierra leone to recapture diamond mines but ended up preventing a genocide. An african security dilemma edited by abdelfatau musah and j. Documents found by the papua new guinea commission of inquiry unearthed a similar pattern. The company officially owning sandline was adson holding and they were registered in the virgin islands the ceo was lt. Companies whose investments are being strangled by war. According to michael grunberg, it was mann who introduced tony buckingham to eeben barlow and executive outcomes. Executive outcomes is a private army of mercenaries on hire to governments and multinational companies. Eeben has told his story, the story of executive outcomes as well as the story so common for african nations corruption. When the government of sierra leone failed to pay executive outcomes, the complaint said, the company asked a sister firm, executive outcomes of panama, to collect the debt. The operations are seemingly condoned by western intelligence services.
Michael grunberg phone, address, background info whitepages. Michael grunberg has a job that speaks to the imagination. Angola seems to be where eo head barlow met former sas officer tony buckingham, now believed to have ultimate control over eo and the complex web of some 80 companies involved in businesses ranging from landmine. The condos will hover, on average, at about 2,000 square feet, with some larger and smaller than that. Michael grunberg and christopher beese also deserve a special mention. So, its executive outcomes, so a lot of it is openly racist it was a bunch of white former military guys from.
Robin cook, proclaimed that britain would henceforward pursue a novel ethical. It was also well known to those involved in fermenting conflicts in order to topple african governments with a view to. Michael grumberg, a major shareholder in branch, negotiated eos contract. British based mining companies are using south african mercenaries executive outcomes as their advance army. Executive outcomes a corporate conquest khareen pech an old emperor in a new suit executive outcomes eo1 has been called a new mercenary company one which was different to any that preceded it one which was more legitimate than the former armies. Executive outcomes corporate structure is a maze of companies many. Executive outcomes was a private military company pmc founded in south africa by eeben barlow, a former lieutenantcolonel of the south african defence force, in 1989. Defense intelligence agency hosted its oneday symposium on the privatization of national security functions in subsaharan africa, the guest list included five representatives of sandline executive outcomes, eeben barlow, michael grunberg, col.
Sandline international had roots in the soil of executive outcomes, sharing relations with buckinghams platoon of companies in heritage oil and gas, plaza 107 and the system of companies orbiting the eo diaspora. This book is an incredible account of the role executive outcomes played in africa in the late 80s. In his newlypublished book executive outcomes, against all odds barlow savages many local and international journalists who, he says, willingly did hatchet jobs on eo. Apply to chief executive officer, chief operating officer, deputy director and more. Executive outcomes mercenaries have been seen in sierra leone, angola, uganda, botswana, zambia, ethiopia, namibia, lesotho and, of course, south africa.
But the motives of this mercenary army are open to question. Executive outcomes contract with the government of angola is. Buckingham is also director of uk book publishers fourth estate ltd, which is. I do hope that other bloggers will generate another streisand effect through blogging on these subjects. Before publishing his first novel, he held various odd jobs, and tried his. In 1993 buckingham, mann and barlow registered executive outcomes uk. Commanding executive outcomes in angola and sierra leone, seeing these events from the perspective of the ceo added quite a bit of depth to the entirety of what. Additional financing was probably provided by the australianamerican company sierra rutile, whose most profitable rutile mine was occupied by the ruf. Michael grunberg, principal of manhattanbased grunberg realty, bought the building at 777 main street in june, and has plans to convert floors 17 through 26 into condominiums.
Back in 1993, my byline was one of three which appeared on a piece quoting former sa defence force colonel jan breytenbach as saying eo was training anc. Grunberg was born as arnon yasha yves grunberg on 22 february 1971 in amsterdam, the netherlands. Michael is related to daniel buell grunberg and michael h grunberg as well as 4 additional people. It hired michael grunberg of paris to try to negotiate with sierra leone. Executive outcomes could be considered the progenitor of the modern private military company. Apr, 2010 sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. The book traces the maze of relationships engulfing eo, sandline, buckingham, mann, grunberg and the rest. An experienced financier, michael grunberg, resigned his.
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