Working in a War Zone

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Long, but a good read!

http://www.securitymanagement.com/library/001673.html

Speeding down Highway 10 past Fallujah toward Baghdad in a beat-up, unarmored Datsun with an Iraqi driver at the wheel and an Iraqi escort in the passenger seat was how Steven Hilton got to work each day in late March. As head of the Iraq task force for the Buchanan and Ingersoll PC law firm, Hilton was in Iraq evaluating opportunities for his corporate clients, which were hoping to participate in some portion of the $18 billion reconstruction project funded by the U.S. government.

Although Hilton's car was never attacked while traveling that treacherous stretch of road in the area now known as the Sunni Triangle, he says that he and his companions were constantly on the lookout for suspicious activity. Among the possible dangers were bandits setting up fake checkpoints where they hoped to persuade unsuspecting motorists to pull over

"A war zone by definition is dangerous," he says. "You really need to swallow hard before you think about doing business there, and you need to determine whether or not the risk level is something you feel comfortable with and whether the reward is sufficient to warrant taking the risk

Contractors and other businessmen like Hilton need protection while working in unstable areas like Iraq. Security companies are meeting this demand by employing highly specialized personnel with the skills and willingness to put their lives on the line for their jobs

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Thanks for the post that was a decent read...

[Rob]

My life is a war zone!