Lefebvre, Arms for the Horn 1992 , p | Trento, Prelude to Terror 2005 , p |
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Faced with a rebellion in mineral-rich Katanga now Shaba province in April 1977 and a plea for help from French and Belgian mining interests conveyed through their close ally Mobutu, the club combined French air transport with logistical support from diverse sources to bring Moroccan and Egyptian troops to fight the rebellion | In an effort to further advance these goals, the Shah associated Iran with a group of conservative Middle Eastern and African states in an informal organization known as the Safari Club |
New York Times, April 3, August 25, October 18, and October 29,1981• Roy Pateman, "Intelligence Operations in the Horn of Africa"; in Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa, ed.
21Richard Zoglin; Jay Peterzell and Bruce van Voorst 12 October 1987 | This group was dedicated to blocking the spread of Soviet influence in the third world |
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Sly, Liz; DeYoung, Karen 23 February 2013 | Lefebvre, Arms for the Horn 1992 , pp |
; Schmitt, Eric 25 February 2013.
The Safari Club needed a network of banks to finance its intelligence operations | dobbs, saudis funded weapons for bosnia, official says; |
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"Encouraged by Saudi Arabia, Safari Club members approached Somali president Siad Barre and offered to provide the arms he needed if he stopped taking Russian aid | "American military goods were provided by Egypt and Iran, which transferred excess arms from their inventories |
"Washington had done little to control, and seemingly ahd encouraged, Egypt, Iran, and Saudi Arabia to take advantage of the more liberal policies of other Western states and make third-party arms transfers to Somalia.
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