Mercenary Soldier
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A Mercenary Soldier is a soldier who is a private gain worker.
- AKA: Hired Gun.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Armed Conflict, Geneva Convention, Blackwater, Public Employee.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mercenary Retrieved:2015-8-8.
- A mercenary [1] is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national or a party to the conflict and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities by the desire for private gain." [2] [3] In other words, a mercenary is a person who fights for personal gains of money or other recompense instead of fighting for the ideological interests of a country, whether they be for or against the existing government. In the last century, and as reflected in the Geneva Convention, mercenaries have increasingly come to been seen as less entitled to protections by rules of war than non-mercenaries. However, whether or not a person is a mercenary may be a matter of degree, as financial and national interests may overlap.
- ↑ Also sometimes informally known as soldier of fortune
- ↑ Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1) Article 47
- ↑ "" in Webster's Dictionary. “one that serves merely for wages; especially a soldier hired into foreign service."