Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Documentary portraying the actions of U.S. corporate contractors in the U.S.-Iraq war. Interviews with employees and former employees of such companies as Halliburton, CACI, and KBR suggest that government cronyism is behind apparent "sweetheart" deals that give such contractors enormous freedom to profit from supplying support and material to American troops while providing little oversight. Survivors of employees who were killed discuss the claim that the companies cared more for profit than for the welfare of their own workers, and soldiers indicate that the quality of services provided is sub-standard and severely in contradiction to the comparatively huge profits being generated. Also depicted are the unsuccessful attempts by the filmmakers to get company spokesmen to respond to the charges made by the interviewees.
Directed by Robert Greenwald
Cast
- Shereef Akeel Self
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Chris Dodd Self (archive footage) -
Carl Levin Self (archive footage) -
Byron Dorgan Self (archive footage)
Make it a double feature
2h 21m together
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
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