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A
Bloody Business: America's Civilian Contractors and
the Occupation of Iraq by Colonel Gerald Schumacher |
As
the U.S. military shrinks, a private army is stepping into
the breach. Some refer to them as mercenaries, to others
they are soldiers of fortune. These Americans call themselves
- contractors.
A
Bloody Business takes you behind the scenes and into
the lives of American civilians who train Iraqi and American
soldiers, drive the big rigs on Iraq's treacherous roads,
teach at the Iraqi police academy, and provide security
for convoys and diplomats in this hellish war zone. Who
are these civilian contractors? Why do they do it? How did
they get into this business of war zone contracting?
Travel
with American private military contractors (PMC) in the
heat of the Kuwait desert, through the streets of Baghdad,
and down the highways in Iraq. You are sure to find the
business of war zone contracting is indeed, a bloody
business.
Published
by Zenith Press
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Private
Military Contractor (PMC) Wolf Weiss: "The Fog of
War" |
Windshield
of Wolf's SUV |
There are only a few
things in life that I can do
really, really well --war is one of them."
Wolf Weiss
Private Military Contractor (PMC) Charles "Chazz" Rudolph
in Iraq from
A Bloody Business chapter 7, "The Welcome Commitee
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PMC Curtis Acton & Larry Word, American civilian training
contractors:
"Team Viper" A Bloody Business, chapter 6
Trucking Contractors: American KBR truckers in Iraq: "The
Iron Pony Express."
These are American patriots...hardly mercenaries! A Bloody
Business chapter 5
Additional
Photos of Americans in the War Zone from A Bloody Business
Links to
more photos of private military contractors in Iraq, Kuwait
and the 1544th U.S Army Transportation Company (The Iron
Pony Express) Welcome Home in Paris, Illinois:
Mercenaries...Soldiers of Fortune...
or Private Military Contractors? Is there a difference?
How much do they make? How did they become private
contractors in Iraq? What training did they receive?
What is their relationship with soldiers, often making much
less money? How do they live in Iraq? What are civilians
allowed to do in a war zone? What if they shoot someone?
What happens if a civilian contractor gets shot? Many do!
Click on this image to visit KBR
trucking contractors from the Iron Pony Express.
Who really are today's Soldiers of Fortune?
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