Mercenary Iraqi Contractors Operate Outside of Law

Civilian deaths are increasing exponentially in Iraq.

At least some of these deaths are attributed to Iraqi contractors/mercenaries for hire. This contingent - part of Rumseld's brave effort to privatize the military and made Bush-crony contributors in the military industrial complex even richer still - is generating MUCH unhappiness among the troops, who get paid a tiny fraction of what these folks do yet the soldiers have to operate within at least some rules, have to work far more hours per week, and aren't treated like Gods.