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Ex-soldiers offered mercenaries $10,000 a week to join a private army that would fight in Yemen's
civil war, prosecutors saysTwo former German soldiers worked to set up a mercenary force, in which recruits would be paid $10,000 a week for their services, to fight in Yemen's ongoing civil war, according to prosecutors.
Arend-Adolf G and Achim A face terrorism charges in Germany for allegedly planning to recruit up to 150 men, consisting of former police officers and soldiers, and offering their services to Saudi Arabia's government, the BBC reported.
They planned to pay each recruit a wage of about €40,000 ($46,400) a month for their services, prosecutors said.
The former soldiers are accused of asking Saudi government agencies to finance illegal missions in Yemen. The prosecutors said their outreach attempts were unsuccessful, per the BBC.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-soldiers-offered-mercenaries-10-084247990.html