Comments on: Behind the Green Zone Jail Break

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By: Dustygk

Dustygk — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:12:31 +0000

Obviously, neither Singer nor the authors/editors, have been to Iraq or at the least have not been in the field (Outside a relatively safe camp). Good comments have been made in feference to the “tax free” money. Military, with the exception of high ranking officers have full tax free advantage while the contractors, at a minimum, must pay taxes for anything over $80K, depndent on their actual time out of CONUS. *)K being for one year.
I personally know one of the “whistleblowers” on contractor actions and he quit, after pulling a gun on our Director, refused missions and was about to be fired, and perhaps prosecuted. They are the people who throw the fuel on the fire. These people are being paid to make up stories so that idiots like the author can spread their lies.
99.9% of the contractors are fine, upstanding former troops who enforce the rules of enagement, etc. Try getting facts, walking the walk, the you may talk the talk!!!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:28:06 +0000

There is obviously a strong bias on the writer’s part to portray contractors in a negative way and the reality is that some of what he says is true yet it represents the smallest percentage of the work contractors do in Iraq. But there is a much broader and more positive side to what contractors do and unfortunately it is never reported. The hundreds of millions and in fact billions of dollars of revenue made by U.S. companies in the rebuilding of Iraq could not be possible if not for the security provided by private contract security. These dollars provide jobs to folks back home, it contributes to the US economy, and lastly benefits the Iraqi people while allowing the coalition the ability to focus on the insurgency. Private security contractors are a valuable part of the solution in Iraq and not the problem as these writers suggest.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:50:48 +0000

As a security company owner I take exception to the one sided and obviously bias article as written. We are highly regulated and every aspect of our movements and deployments are prior approved by the military authorities. In every organization you will find loose cannons, this one is no exception, however to paint everyone with the same brush is unfair and incorrect! Our company does not tolerate illegal or criminal activities and we will prosecute any employee accordingly.
Yes we make large amounts of money, yes we risk our lives and yes we take 100% risk every living minute we are in country, for that we are not sorry, this is a free market driven business, if and when the demand ceases most of these so called freeloaders are jobless (me included)!
Next time your reporter would like to get a true picture of the “real” situation in Iraq we will be delighted to arrange it for him, printing one sided untrue and bias articles is irresponcible and unprofessional!

By: disposable hero

disposable hero — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:13:51 +0000

Mr Singer has a very bad habit of exaggerations in order to perpetuate the myth of the unregulated mercenary. The truth is that the contractors have been subject to Iraqi law since the end of the CPA and more importantly are subject to the very high scrutiny of the agency they have been hired, aka the Army, DoD, DoS, Corps of Engineers etc. More exaggerations meant to stir up class warfare would be the myth of the poor army private making only 15k for a year in country. Not even remotely true. He mentions that a contractor gets tax free pay, which is false, yet fails to mention that the military pay IS tax-free. Contractors follow the IRS rules and guidelines set for any other American working overseas. Let us not forget that the contractor “hired guns” are many year seasoned veterans whom are paid for their expertise and professionalism. Just like the free market in any field. I could go on forever about his yellow journalism, but I have contract money to go earn.

By: Conan

Conan — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:25:43 +0000

The gentleman did not escape he just wanted to relocate to Club Gitmo.
As for the “private contractors” they are the 21st Century version of Naval Privateers with out the bounty opportunity.

By: b

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:46:01 +0000

A murder — not likely — the guy just had an interview with the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/world/middleeast/20minister.html
– When asked how he could have pulled off such an escape, Mr. Alsammarae, who moved to Chicago in 1976 but returned to Iraq just after the invasion, laughed uproariously for 20 seconds. Then, recycling a famous line from an exchange about Al Capone in

By: Max

Max — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:26:31 +0000

How are we sure it was an escape and not a kidnapping/murder?