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Army’s secretive J2 intelligence bureau conducts surveillance on and interviews with those suspected of recruiting for private work
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Irish Training Solutions instructors training troops in Libya in apparent breach of international sanctions
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Some Irish soldiers - often looking for more pay - have worked in private security in overseas countries while on leave
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They provided services to strongman Khalifa Haftar in an apparent breach of a UN arms embargo
The training and equipping of of armed forces in Libya breaches the UN's arms embargo on the country, which has been in place since 2011.