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	Bob Denard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Denard is known to have participated in conflicts in Zimbabwe, Yemen, Iran, Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, Angola, Zaire and the Comoros, which has been victim of more than twenty coup d'états in the past decades.
		Bob Denard were brought back to France by the French SDECE intelligence agency in order to be judged.
		Bob Denard then waited in the Médoc region, in France, for his trial for the murder of president Ahmed Abdallah.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Denard (1073 words)

	Bob Denard
		Bob Denard (born 1929 in Bordeaux, France]]) is perhaps the most famous and influential mercenary in the last fifty years.
		Denard is known to have participated in conflitcs in Zimbabwe, Yemen, Iran, Nigeria, Benin, Gabon, Angola and Zaire.
		Denard was arrested in 1995 when he attempted to launch a fourth coup in the Comoros without French backing.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bo/Bob_Denard.html (183 words)

	France to try Bob Denard
		Denard, now age 76, staged a coup on the Comoros Islands in 1978 while head of the presidential guard and ruled the Indian Ocean nation through figurehead presidents until the French forced him out in 1989.
		Denard was acquitted in 1999 of the assassination of Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah in 1989.
		Denard, who headed the powerful presidential guard at the time, admitted to being with Abdallah but said that another bodyguard, allegedly under the influence of drugs, burst into the room and fired at him, accidentally hitting the president.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1810584,00.html (253 words)

	Said Mohamed Djohar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Djohar was the half brother of socialist Comorian president Ali Soilih, who had been brought to power in a coup d'etat organised by Bob Denard.
		The conflict between Denard and Abdallah created an opportunity for Djohar, and the day after Abdallah was killed Djohar became leader of the provisional government as well as head of the board of directors of the African International Bank.
		During Operation Kaskari the government of the Comoros was again overthrown by Bob Denard and his merry band of mercenaries, with Djohar being held prisoner in military barracks for several days.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Said_Mohamed_Djohar (245 words)

	Bob Denard - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Denard served as voluntary for the Forces Françaises Libres (FFL - "Free French Forces") in Indochina and then in Morocco, before leaving the army in 1952 and going private in the early 1960s.
		With his lieutenant Dominique Malacrino, he had to face charges in May 1999 for his role in the 1989 coup, in which, according to the French prosecution, president Ahmed Abdallah was killed on the orders of Denard because he was about to remove him as head of the presidential guard.
		During the three-weeks trial, Bob Denard and his accomplices tried to convince the court that they had acted with implicit support of French authorities.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Bob_Denard (1037 words)

	Bob Denard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Denard, however, helped Abdallah to restore his power in the second coup in 1978, in which Solih was killed under mysterious circumstances on May 29, 1978
		In May, 1999, Denard had to face charges of homicide for his role in the third coup in 1989, in which, according to the French prosecution, Abdallah was killed on the orders of Denard because he was about to remove him as head of the presidential guard.
		Denard and one of his top lieutenants, Dominique Malacrino, were however acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/bob_denard (378 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Comoros mercenary cleared of assassination
		Mr Denard and Mr Malacrino were accused of assassinating President Abdallah in the presidential palace in Moroni, capital of the Indian Ocean nation.
		Mr Denard was instrumental in restoring President Abdallah to power in a coup in 1978 after he had been deposed in a coup following the country's independence from France in 1975.
		Mr Denard, who headed the powerful presidential guard at the time, admitted to being with the president when he was shot dead, but claims he did not pull the trigger.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/348077.stm (445 words)

	US-Angola Chamber of Commerce - Press Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Bob Denard, the French mercenary notorious for his involvement in African coups since the 1970s, is to go on trial early next year for his attempt to overthrow the Comoros government 10 years ago, officials said Monday.
		Denard and 26 other defendants will be brought before a Paris court on charges of criminal association with intent to organise a crime over their sequestration of the Comoros' then president Said Mohamed Djohar during the failed coup bid which took place September 27-October 4, 1995.
		Denard, who was married to a Comoran woman and who limps from an old leg wound, fought in African, Middle East and the Vietnam conflicts as a soldier before turning to his freelance ways, which have also taken him to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Biafra in Nigeria, and Angola.
	www.us-angola.org /press_1OCT.htm (1660 words)

	'Dog of war' Denard on trial for murder
		BOB DENARD, France's most notorious "dog of war", has gone on trial in Paris for murder.
		Denard, the head of the Comoran Presidential Guard, was one of four men present when Abdallah was shot dead in his presidential residence in Moroni.
		Denard, 70, known as L'Affreux - The Terror - for his skill at toppling governments and replacing heads of state, denies murder.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/05/05/wdog05.html (316 words)

	Irish Examiner> Breaking News> Sport
		Denard, 76, staged a coup in 1978 while head of the powerful Comoran presidential guard, and ruled the Indian Ocean nation through figurehead presidents until the French forced him out in 1989.
		Denard, whose real name is Gilbert Bourgeaud, suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and other ailments, and was not required to attend — although he was on hand for the start of the proceedings yesterday.
		Denard, wearing a houndstooth jacket and glasses, left the courtroom after the criminal court upheld a medical exam in January that paved the way for him to sit out the proceedings.
	www.irishexaminer.com /breaking/story.asp?j=3685200&p=3685zy5&n=3685292 (314 words)

	Bloody past was my duty to France, says mercenary
		THE celebrated French mercenary Bob Denard, a veteran of 50 years of clandestine combat in Africa who is currently facing trial for alleged murder, yesterday claimed that his sole motivation has always been "the desire to serve my country".
		In 1995, Denard returned to the islands to pay a "debt of honour" and lead his final coup.
		Although Denard has consistently pleaded innocence in the Abdallah case, claiming in his book that the president was a sincerely mourned friend, mown down by accident by an overzealous bodyguard, Abdallah's family have accused him of murder, for which he is expected to stand trial later this year.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/05/01/wmerc01.html (564 words)

	Comoros coup chief flies to France to face trial
		Denard, who surrendered to the French force Thursday, was flown from La Reunion to the French military base in Djibouti.
		Denard, 66, a Frenchman, ruled the Comoros through figurehead presidents from 1978 until Abdallah's death, which prompted France to negotiate his departure from the former French colony.
		Denard, Africa's most notorious soldier of fortune, began his career in 1961 in the Belgian Congo and led to Nigeria, Angola, Zimbabwe, Benin, Iran and Yemen.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/95/10/07/comoros.html (433 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Comoros ex-leader Denard on trial
		THE former French mercenary Bob Denard and 26 others went on trial yesterday in a Paris court for a 1995 coup attempt on the Comoros Islands, which Denard ruled for 11 years.
		Denard, whose real name is Gilbert Bourgeaud, suffers from Alzheimer's and other ailments, and was not required to attend - though he was on hand for the start of the proceedings.
		Denard left the courtroom after the court upheld a medical examination that paved the way for him to sit out the proceedings.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=267132006 (484 words)

	Foreign Correspondent
		Under cover of darkness, the legendary 66-year old Frenchman, 'Col.' Bob Denard, and 12 white mercenaries, waded ashore outside of Moroni, the seedy capitol of the Comoros, a downmarket group of islands off the coast of southern Africa in the Mozambique Channel.
		Denard and his men, joined by local Comoran soldiers, quickly seized Moroni, put the unpopular dictator, President Said Djohar, under arrest, and proclaimed a new government.
		Denard soldiered in Rhodesia against fl guerrillas; he fought in Yemen's civil war; and with the mujihadin in Afghanistan.
	www.bigeye.com /101095.htm (922 words)

	Diving the Comores (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		Denard came ashore by night, shot dead the teenage tyrant who had seized the presidency, and assumed control behind a new puppet leader.
		Using a roped pre-set route from the bow to the holds, the lower deck where Denard's men were concealed, the middle deck and bridge, you emerge at the stern.
		In the hold lurks another Bob, an unfriendly potato bass; there are big moray eels around, and in the bridge the unwary can be showered with tiny urchins knocked loose from the ceiling by their bubbles.
	www.divernet.com /travel/comor397.htm (2566 words)

	Operation Azalee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		On September 28, 1995 Bob Denard and 33 mercenaries took control of the Comoros islands in a coup (named operation Kaskari by the mercanaries) against President Djohar.
		Bob Denard began to create a civilian government in an effort to stave off the impending invasion.
		Once Denard realized that the French planned to retake Comoros the mercenaries were orderd not to fight.
	www.specwarnet.com /miscinfo/azalee.htm (742 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| French soldiers of fortune still roam Africa
		Denard was later active in Nigeria and Angola, and is thought to have been involved in at least four coups in the Comoro islands.
		In retrospect, the mercenaries' glory days came to an end in 1995, when French troops quashed Bob Denard's final coup attempt in the Comoros.
		In 1999, Denard - then 70 - was tried in connection with the assassination of President President Ahmed Abdallah ten years earlier.
	www.sandline.com /hotlinks/BBC_News_AFRICA.htm (373 words)

	UN Commission on Human Rights Thematic Reports - Use of Mercenaries - Special Rapporteur's Report (Jan 96)
		Denard, who is charged with assassination of a President of the Comoros, was serving a fiveyear conditional sentence for his part in a mercenary attack on Benin in 1977; it is therefore somewhat surprising that he managed to get out of France to lead another coup in the Comoros.
		Denard was taken prisoner on 5 October 1995 by the French force which put an end to the mercenary coup and was handed over to the appropriate authorities for trial by a French court.
		Denard was also under investigation in France for the assassination of President Ahmed Abdallah at the time of the 1989 coup in the Comoros.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/para/docs/e-cn4-1996-27.htm (10456 words)

	Comoro Islands, since 1975 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		In May 1978 Denard was back on the Comoros, landing with a group of white mercenaries off the beach near the town of Itsandar.
		Ignoring Denard’s efforts for organization of a civilian government, on 3 October the French government gave the green light for a military intervention, code-named Operation Azalee.
		Realizing that all escape routes were blocked, Denard gave up at 03:00hrs of 5 October 1995: he was immediately captured by GIGN gendarmes, taken to the Iconi airport and flown out to France to be jailed.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/printer_194.shtml (2023 words)

	Re-Colonization: A Response to Failure of Democratization; the Case of Comoro Islands
		In December 1989 Bob Denard was dissatisfied with his boss and protegee, Ahmed Abdalla.
		Denard tried to look for someone else to put in power and blamed the military for the assassination.
		It is evident that the separatist leaders did not take time to study the economic advantages or disadvantages of separation, unless they decided to use the event as a means and not an end, to draw the attention from the authorities for more economic development.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Workshop/shariff.html (4632 words)

	Fielding's DangerFinder - The Men Who Would Be King Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
		One of the more successful attempts was made by Bordeaux native Bob Denard who actually managed to run the Comoros Islands between 1978 and 1989.
		Denard, a former vacuum cleaner salesman and policeman, had seen what a few trained soldiers could do in his various adventures as a mercenary in Katanga, Yemen and Benin.
		On October 4, 1995, Denard and a group of 33 mercenaries (mostly French) rented a creaking fishing trawler and sailed back to the Comoros to recapture his little Garden of Eden where he had been King (actually, head of the Presidential Guard, watching over a puppet ruler) from 1978-1989.
	www.comebackalive.com /df/military/kingclub.htm (2335 words)

	Denard Stalling, Denard Stalling Art
		Denard Stalling's design and craftsmanship of each piece are evident in the work he produces.
		Denard Stalling’s artistic expression began at an early age.
		Since beginning his professional painting career, Denard has painted many different subject matters and explored numerous themes using a variety of mediums.
	www.villagegallery.com /denard.html (242 words)

	EuroNews - the European News Channel : Claim and counter-claim as French mercenary appears in court
		French former mercenary Bob Denard has appeared in court in Paris accused of staging a coup attempt in the Comoros Islands over ten years ago.
		Denard was arrested by French troops in September 1995, under the terms of a pact with the Comoros Islands, a former French colony.
		The self-styled "Pirate of the Republic", Denard fought in civil wars and uprisings in many fledgling African nations during the 70's and 80's.
	www.euronews.net /create_html.php?article=344762&lng=1 (204 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| French 'dog of war' in coup trial
		Mr Denard's lawyer said he had asked his client to be present at the opening of the trial "so that all can see his condition", according to the AFP news agency.
		Mr Denard - once seen a France's top "dog of war" - has fought in civil wars in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Nigeria and Angola.
		Mr Denard was acquitted of the murder at a trial in France in 1999.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4733494.stm (300 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (1987-1994)
		Bob spent the whole evening sitting quietly next to his wife, at the head of the table.
		Bob Denard accused the puppet Comorian National Army, "Forces Armées Comoriennes" and its Chief, Commandant Ahmed Mohammed, of killing the President.
		Bob, I do not give a shit, if you killed the President or not, only you Marques and "Frederick" know exactly what happened that night, after all the 3 of you were in his room when he was shot.
	uk.geocities.com /sadfbook/manfer.html (5654 words)

	France: history
		At the head of the operation was the notorious French mercenary Bob Denard, who had been tried in 1977 for mercenary acts of war against the Government of Benin.
		From then on, Denard became a key figure in the archipelagoâs politics, and Abdallahâs control of the Government came to depend on support from Denard and his 650 troops.
		On November 26 1989, a coup, led by Bob Denard succeeded in ousting President Ahmed Abdallah, who was killed in the fighting.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=26 (1517 words)

	CNN - World News Briefs - Oct. 1, 1995
		Ayouba was freed Friday in an attack on the jail by mercenaries reportedly led by Frenchman Bob Denard.
		The 66- year-old Denard is a former mercenary who was involved in four of the islands coups.
		Denard, who has a Comoran wife and citizenship, has been keeping a low public profile.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/Newsbriefs/9509/9-30 (922 words)

	Mercenaries, the Comoros Islands, and a Critique of the Modern U.S. Military
		One of the mercenaries who staged several coups in Africa, the Frenchman Bob Denard, claimed his every action was blessed by the French military.
		Denard staged two — probably three — coups in the Comoros.
		Abdallah remained in power until 1989, when he was mysteriously murdered under circumstances that looked suspiciously as though Denard had played a role in his death, although the evidence has never been proven to be anything but circumstantial.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/african_history/93141 (555 words)

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