Iraq

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well i used the email that guy rope gave out and i am off to irag at the end of the month

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neil46:
well i used the email that guy rope gave out and i am off to irag at the end of the month

neil r u mad :question: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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probably :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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neil46:
well i used the email that guy rope gave out and i am off to irag at the end of the month

Good Luck mate. :wink:

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thank you :smiley: :smiley:

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Has she calmed down yet? :stuck_out_tongue:

■■■■ Cheney Heartattack.com

or Falluja.com

The war in Falluja is over according to US officials :frowning:

Which one of the above 3 should I believe :stuck_out_tongue:

Bet it was interesting being a fly on the wall with Tony Blair and Ken Bigleys family today

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Good luck neil I do hope it works out better for you than it did for me…

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reapply guy rope

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Well, here’s the latest we’ve heard here in the US:

Brown & Root, the Haliburton subsidiary, has been offering better than $1000/day for experienced drivers, but has been finding few takers. For the last 3 or 4 months, nearly every single convoy has come under assault, and somebody is injured on each and every trip, with a driver being either killed or captured and later murdered every other trip. The average life expectancy for a B&R tanker driver is 2 months. They also forbid drivers from being armed while working. As a result, they have been finding few interested drivers.

In the last month or so, they’ve found a new way of getting drivers: people who were once transportation drivers and have been discharged have been called back. Some of them were give their separation papers 8 years ago, and are in their 40’s, with families and businesses to take care of. Of course, they only pay them military wages (what, $500/month??), so this probably makes it an economical choice, despite all the lawsuits filed by now middle-aged drivers.

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My dad used to work for Halliburton driving a desk in the UK . He was an accountant for them for 20 years, with over 30 years total experience in finance and banking and ended up being treated like ■■■■ by managers who knew nothing.

Halliburton/Brown and Root are a bunch of ■■■■■ no matter what you are doing for them.

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What good is $1,000 a day when you come back in a body bag :question:

I wouldn’t go there for a million a week, I can earn $1,000 a week driving around New England, and we don’t get shot at here :exclamation: (Newark excluded :laughing: )

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I was offerd a job in Iraq by halliburton and they paid nothing like $1000 per day.
They paid $82500 per year and ypu worked for 4 months the 10days off. They paid the flights any where in the world as long as it didnt cost any more than $800.The life insurance was $150000.Got talked out of it by my wife. :sunglasses:

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the company i am going with is IAP WORLDWIDE SERVICES

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neil46:
the company i am going with is IAP WORLDWIDE SERVICES

wot is it you’ll be transporting and how long is it for neil :question:

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Im still not convinced its a good idea :unamused:

Just a quick search on google for civilian workers in Iraq and Kuwait brings the following sites up.

http://www6.halliburton.com/frontline/archives/letters_front_2.htm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/10/earlyshow/leisure/books/main648445.shtml

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2863616

http://www.iapwws.com/index.html

I might be a wuss, but at least I wont be coming home in seperate bags :exclamation:

I dont have a lot of family left, but what I have I think it would be selfish to go and work there. of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion and everyone else is entitled to work where they like.

I worked in Romania when Ceaucescu was shot on Christmas Day & Yugoslavia when that kicked off, and that was like a kids party

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talking of small planes…years ago on the truckline ferry…sometimes there were more trucks on board than room for drivers…so they used to fly us from france to the uk in a very small plane…had no choice really once your truck was on board…had to wait for it to dock before being re-united with it…good fun though.
have a nice day

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Geoff:
I was offerd a job in Iraq by halliburton and they paid nothing like $1000 per day.
They paid $82500 per year and ypu worked for 4 months the 10days off. They paid the flights any where in the world as long as it didnt cost any more than $800.The life insurance was $150000.Got talked out of it by my wife. :sunglasses:

I have to say :slight_smile: the $150,000 would come in handy for the widow and kid’s :exclamation:

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I believe that his mind is made up so in which case rather than making it harder I say once more I wish you all the luck in the world, I hope it works out for you Neil46. :wink:

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Neil mate, having spoken to you today, I wish you all the best. If I didn’t have a responsibility here in the shape of a lady I love dearly, I would be joining you. We discussed it after I spoke to you and after I decided no, she said she was pleased. That shocked me lolol
By the way, can you please name me as yer beneficiary if you cop it ■■? :laughing:

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Ladytrucker679:
I believe that his mind is made up so in which case rather than making it harder I say once more I wish you all the luck in the world, I hope it works out for you Neil46. :wink:

lady,it’s not that we are trying to make things harder for neil,we all wish him the very best and a safe journey.we are just trying to get him to see the harse reality’s of life over there in iraq.take it from someone that’s been over there lady :wink: