Better info...EO was formed in1989 at the end of the Angolan/South Africa conflict. It was composed mainly of SA special forces that had participated in that conflict.

Executive Outcomes initially trained and later fought on behalf of the Angolan government against UNITA after UNITA refused to accept the election results in 1992, Assuming the Cubans support the Angolan government, I suppose they fought along side the Cubans, or at least for the same cause.

In their 9 year existence EO fought in Angola and Sierra Leon at the invitation of the "legitimate" government with phenomenal effectiveness until ordered out by the respective governments, under pressure from the UN/international community. Situations always deteriorated after their departure.

P.S. I had no idea that PMC's play such a giant role in Afghanistan.

The 2009 surge of 30,000 extra U.S. troops into Afghanistan may have been accompanied by a surge of "26,000 to 56,000" contractors. This would expand the presence of personnel from the U.S. private sector in Afghanistan "to anywhere from 130,000 to 160,000".

The PMC's we have employed, have nothing like the performance record of EO.