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1. Iraq - Historical Setting - The Ottoman Period - 1534-1918 - Online text of the History of Iraq; public domain document that you may copy, download, print and distribute as you see fit. historymedren.about.com Mama
2. A Bloody Business- America's War Zone Contractors and the Occupation of Iraq

   A Bloody Business

   America's War Zone Contractors and the Occupation of Iraq:
   • Book by Gerry Schumacher.
3. Iraq Jokes - Post-War Iraq Jokes - Late Night Jokes About Iraq War - Read a collection of the best late-night jokes about the aftermath of the Iraq war. politicalhumor.about.com Mama
4. Petrel Resources Plc - Petrel Resources PLC. The Group's principal activity is the exploration and production of oil and gas in Iraq. www.business.com Mama
5. Pau a Iraq - Fundació per la Pau. Informació sobre les activitats, concentracions i manifestos contra la guerra a Iraq. www.fundacioperlapau.org Mama
6. Arab Gateway: Iraq - A collection of commented links. Includes a list of books on Iraq. www.al-bab.com Mama
7. Iraq News - ... Page » World News » Middle East » Iraq Iraq News Iraq News continually updated from thousands ... Go to the ... www.topix.net Mama
8. Iraq - Religion in Iraq - Religion in Iraq: Index. atheism.about.com Mama
9. Protest.Net Iraq Related Protests - Listings of day of and day after protests planned to follow any US action to bomb the Iraqi people. Also includes on going protests to end the sanctions. protest.net Mama
10. CBSNews.com - SEARCH: CBSNews.com The Web Home U.S. Iraq World Politics [SciTech]Create? [HealthWatch]Create? Entertainment Business Opinion FREE CBS News Video War On Terror Complete ... www.cbsnews.com Mama
11. Babylon by Bus- Or, the true story of two friends who gave up their valuable franchise selling YANKEES SUCK T-shirts at Fenway to find meaning and adventure in Iraq,

    Babylon by Bus

    Or, the true story of two friends who gave up their valuable franchise selling YANKEES SUCK T-shirts at Fenway to find meaning and adventure in Iraq,:
    • Book by Ray [LeMoine]Create?, Jeff Neumann and Donovan Webster.
12. Iraq Crisis Antiwar Homepage - Overview and analysis of US and Iraq relations, with link to peace pledge to stop the spread of the war to Iraq. www.nonviolence.org Mama
13. CANOE -- CNEWS - World - Iraq - ... critical situation facing U.S. mission Iraq Archives IRAQ HOME Multimedia: Iraq Election Saddam Hussein: Captured Iraq ... CANOE -- CNEWS - World - Iraq ... cnews.canoe.ca Mama
14. Iraq - Historical Setting - The Iran-Iraq Conflict - Online text of the History of Iraq; public domain document that you may copy, download, print and distribute as you see fit. historymedren.about.com Mama
15. American Friends Service Committee: Conflict with Iraq - Reasons to oppose war with Iraq, resources, news, links, and ways to help. www.afsc.org Mama
16. about GPF What's New Newsletter Sitemap Resources Events Membership &... - about GPF What's New Newsletter Sitemap Resources Events Membership & Donations Internship Contact Security Council Social & Economic Policy NGOs ... www.globalpolicy.org Mama
17. AII POW-MIA - A massive POW-MIA Archive featuring news, reports, email news network, documents, daily & monthly updates, military, government & research links, testimony on Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Korea - Cold War, World War II, Russia, China and Iraq. www.aiipowmia.com Mama
18. Healing Iraq - Healing Iraq "It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into."  Jonathan Swift Daily news and comments on the situation in post Saddam Iraq by an Iraqi dentist ... healingiraq.blogspot.com Mama
19. Iraq Cartoons - Iraq War Editorial Cartoons - Editorial cartoons about Saddam Hussein, the Iraq war, and post-war Iraq. politicalhumor.about.com Mama
20. The Assassins' Gate- America in Iraq

    The Assassins' Gate

    America in Iraq:
    • Book by George Packer.
21. The Iraq Foundation Website - A non-profit org. promoting democracy and human rights in Iraq. Extensive news reports and archives on human rights, political and economic news. www.iraqfoundation.org Mama
22. Iraq Speakers Bureau - Providing Iraq experts who can critically present the situation in Iraq and US policy in the Middle East. iraqspeakers.org Mama
23. Peace Demonstration to stop the war against Iraq. 22nd of March 2003 - Photo's of the Peace Demonstration against the war against Iraq. This Demonstration took place in Amsterdam on 22nd of March 2003, as part of a world wide ... www.aratio.nl Mama
24. SignOnSanDiego.com In Iraq - Coverage of the U.S. presence in Iraq by [SignOnSanDiego]Create?.com and The San Diego Union-Tribune. Weather | Traffic | Surf | Maps | Webcam All of ... www.signonsandiego.com Mama
25. Iraq Jokes - War in Iraq Jokes - Late-Night Iraq War Jokes - Read a collection of the best late-night jokes about the Iraq war. politicalhumor.about.com Mama
26. Iraq Net - Iraq's Online News Resource - Iraq's main online site featuring hourly Iraq news updates, pictures galleries, political discussions, chats, personals, email services, games, polls and much ... www.iraq.net Mama
27. Back to Iraq 3.0 - ... so? TIME Magazine is running what it calls a full-throated critique of the Iraq war by Marine Lt. Gen. Greg Newbold (Ret.) Hes one of two generals who opposed the plans before the war, calling the ... www.back-to-iraq.com Mama
28. large collection of articles on the war on iraq - " Gujarat Pogrom Globalisation Humanrights Economy Kashmir Palestine Iraq Environment Gender/Feminism ... www.countercurrents.org Mama
29. Overthrow- America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

    Overthrow

    America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq:

• Book by Stephen Kinzer.

A Bloody Business- America's War Zone Contractors and the Occupation of Iraq

A Bloody Business

America's War Zone Contractors and the Occupation of Iraq:

• Review:: 'A good book on another sector other than the Security Contractor An element of private military companies is the rediscovered opportunity to join "the fight" without joining a public military organization. Reasons for taking the private route include being too old, too unfit, short-term goals (i.e. quick money, <1yr commitment, the experience, etc), flexibility of choice, or any number of other reasons. The fact is private military companies providing security, logistics, and other services in and around the modern battlespace is re-democratizing war. Looking at the private military industry operating in Iraq, Colonel Schumacher reviews many of its varied components beyond the almost cliche private security details (the shooters). From construction to trucking to training and even the security contractors, the author profiles elements of the private military industry as under-appreciated, undervalued, and, in many of his examples, highly patriotic. This is a book heavy on cheerleading for the private contractors as individuals without spending too much time on the question of the appropriateness of the industry. These men and women do not get the same insurance, logistic support, fire support, medical support, or equipment the public armed forces receive. In return, they get the opportunity to serve at their leisure, higher pay, and little recognition. This book attempts to correct the latter as "[n]either a glorification nor a cheap shot-riddled exposé", as the back of the dust cover describes it. Indeed, most of the reviews on Amazon and other sites echo this sentiment: "...the incredible amount of dangers they face, often times it is more than money which motivates them. For the majority of the contractors, it is their chance to serve their country" and "[t]hey are no less patriotic, no less courageous, than people in the military." Colonel Schumacher glosses over the issues behind the tremendous increase in using private military companies in the last decade. He largely attributes the availability of skilled security resources as a result of "Up-or-Out" policies, but this is a narrow reading of the realities. There is more there than that, especially military downsizing etc but like most of the political arguments, Schumacher oversimplifies to spend less time on the intellectual analysis (and long-term realities) and more on the daily realities of the contractor. Interesting is his observation of the multicultural and multiethnic make up of PMCs, which reminded me of the democratic and ethnically blind pirates of the 17th Century as described in Benerson Little's excellent book, The Sea Rover's Practice. The comparison is not meant to suggest a similarity between pirates and private military companies beyond the organizational and motivational parallels between these non-state forces that operate with paradigms different from the societies they come from. One example is a more democratized operation that includes dropping the discrimination found in their contemporary societies -- if they are operating on the same team or ship that is. When Schumacher does explore the raison d'etre of PMCs use, he has both hits and misses. One "hit" is when he writes: "[b]ecause contract operations do not get the visibility that military operations do, the true cost, in terms of lives and impact on US foreign policy is disguised. As a concerned public, we need to be far more aware and informed about where, when, and how the United States employs these firm." However at the same time he misses the point by just including barely a page in his 262 page book on the political realities, but yet frequently returns to the point of the under-appreciated and under-supported contractor and their value. The latter is clearly the point he wants to make and does not want to delve into the politics behind their use like most other books on the subject. This is somewhat refreshing to a reader new to the subject but the human story should not outweigh the concern we the public should have over their deployment. The focus of the book is clearly to tell the story of the "unsung hero". Schumacher makes no attempt to connect private military contractors with the evolution of war, which isn't his purpose anyways. That all said, the book really is a good read and good on first person (almost whole chapters are told by the participant with only setup by Schumacher) accounts. The focus on non-shooters is almost refreshing. At times reading like a novel, it is a quick read. I was once asked for a reading list that included first-person accounts of private military companies in action. Just a few months ago, I was pressed to provide anything, but I'd include this on a reading list for another -- non-academic -- perspective.
• Review:: 'A new kind of American army overseas A BLOODY BUSINESS: AMERICA'S WAR ZONE CONTRACTORS AND THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ tells of a new kind of American army overseas: one which is a private mercenary-run establishments which takes over as the U.S. military shrinks. The lives of such men and women who work in Iraq are controlled by few laws or regulations: they must rely on instinct and their own codes of conduct. Civilian contractors in Iraq number some fifteen thousand: their experiences and daily lives, recounted here, are riveting testimonies to their duties and hardships. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
• Review:: 'One of the great books on war I have been reading up on many books about the war in Iraq, but this is one of the best by far. Even though it is the story of the American contractor in Iraq, at heart it is still a war story, and a grand one at that. Colonel Schumacher brings us deep into the unseen and unappreciated world of the American contractor and their work in Iraq. Many of the books coming out now, about the war in Iraq, tend to focus on the American military. As such I found this to be an interesting change of pace. Unfortunately, much of the American public (and the military members themselves) tend to have a rather negative view of the American contractor. To many a contractor is synonymous with being nothing more than paid mercenaries, greedy and trigger happy cowboys resented for their high salaries. After reading this book I defy anyone not to have newfound respect for the American contractor. Indeed, with the incredible amount of dangers they face, often times it is more than money which motivates them. For the majority of the contractors, it is their chance to serve their country. Many of the stories read like a military thriller, of multiple ambushes survived, tragedies of friends killed, the camraderie of service. One of the most amazing stories featured in this book is of the night one of the mail truck convoys was hit by an IED and ambushed by insurgents. The convoy, a mix of civilian truck drivers along with their Military Police escorts, headed out of Baghdad International Airport, for their nightly mail delivery run to the various Forward Operating Bases. One of the contractors risked his own life, amidst flying bullets, to not only recover the troop's mail from the damaged truck, but to finish delivering it. I hope one day the American public realizes the bravery and sacrifice of these contractors. Many of them face death and danger each and every single day and night going outside the wire, to deliver the mail, to supply the American war effort, to train American and Iraqi forces, to detect explosives, etc. Indeed, a case is made in the book that without these contractors, the war would not last a week. They are no less patriotic, no less courageous, than people in the military. Highly recommended for all.
• Review:: 'Well Worth It Col Schumacher's recent book, A Bloody Business, did a good job covering the different types of contractors operating in Iraq, such as Security, truckers, trainers, and Dog handlers. This book was both informative and entertaining. There were some edge of your seat stories concerning the security and trucking contractors. The security company that the Col. wrote about/spent time with was Crescent Security. They seemed a little fly by night but had some tough experiences over there. I found it interesting how they lived in Kuwait but kept their indigs and the company's weapons in Iraq. Every time they crossed over they had to stop and pick up/drop off their weapons. I admire the Col for actually going over there and spending time with the subjects on the ground. Too bad he couldn't cover the Afghan theater, maybe next time. Anyway, he did a great job and I look forward to reading any of his future writings. D.O.L
• Review:: 'A Great Book Anyone wishing to learn about civilian contractors in Iraq should buy this book. You will not be disappointed. It talks about private military contractors and truck drivers. It also talks about civilian contractors training the police and military forces of Iraq. There is also a section on Explosive Detention Dogs and there handlers and how to become a contractor. It's a great book and written perfectly. The stories in it are incredible and it show what they are facing over in Iraq and a day to day basis.

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Babylon by Bus- Or, the true story of two friends who gave up their valuable franchise selling YANKEES SUCK T-shirts at Fenway to find meaning and adventure in Iraq,

Babylon by Bus

Or, the true story of two friends who gave up their valuable franchise selling YANKEES SUCK T-shirts at Fenway to find meaning and adventure in Iraq,:

• Review:: 'babylon by bus Irreverent,irresponsible, irredeemable? A gen X view of the middle east and especially our failed policy in Iraq. Even a child of the fifties can appreciate the insanity of these two American thrill seekers. Ray Lemoine is the Kerouac of his generation, on a world wide scale.

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