"I went to Iraq to work for Satan--and all I got was my head chopped off on the Internet. See you in Hell."

Melody called me at the office today to alert me
To a new job opportunity in the Middle East that posted on
Craigslist today.


Office Admin needed, Baghdad, Iraq

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Reply to: job-152903686@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-04-20, 9:48AM PDT


SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY!

Extremely high paying position.

Office Administrator needed in Greenzone of Baghdad,
Iraq. for US Construction Company.

- 1 year contract
- 3 months on, 2 weeks off, including pay and travel

Requirements:
University Degree
Accounting Experience

Responsibilities:
Client communications and relations, local hiring,
payroll organization, procurement

Please email resume and cover letter in PDF or Word
format.


Job location is Greenzone

Compensation: $12K / month

This is a contract job.

Yeah, you know this is for Haliburton or Bechtel.
You also know you’re never going to have a chance to
spend that 12k a month because you will be killed
as soon as possible. And now that we really are talking
About the war with Iran….shoot…this is a good opportunity
for anyone with a death wish!!
Of course, part of the process of moving to middle east was
getting over my own initial fears of the region. Fears that
are both logical and illogical. Fears based in fact, and fears
based in fiction. Fears based in politics, power dynamics, and
large amounts of profits.
But this is crazy, yo.
Crazy.

I did think perhaps I could write a book about the experience.

“I went to Iraq to work for Satan—and all I got was my

head chopped off on the Internet. See you in hell.”