[Hildy]

Here's my question....don't you have to secure work BEFORE you go to Iraq? I mean, can I go over there by myself, with my passport stamped with an Israeli stamp, and make a sign saying, "Will work for $100 an hour? I mean, I know contractors who went to Iraq, but they're all with respectable companies who are RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM. This is just too weird.

[BurbankKarl]

all the companies had to register with the CPA....hence freelancers are suspect...

[TheSpottedOwl]

Here's my question....don't you have to secure work BEFORE you go to Iraq? I mean, can I go over there by myself, with my passport stamped with an Israeli stamp, and make a sign saying, "Will work for $100 an hour? I mean, I know contractors who went to Iraq, but they're all with respectable companies who are RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM. This is just too weird.

On an earlier thread, it was stated that NB travelled from Israel to Turkey, and then from there to Iraq. Now that sure is a legitimate travel itinerary for an American contractor. Wish I knew where to post the thread I saw that on...