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A 4 page paper. This essay reports the number of civilian workers in Iraq and the number of deaths and injuries. The author comments on the issue of PTSD among these workers and the insurance companies' refusal to pay for counseling. The writer also comments on what HR managers and companies need to do for their employees. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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not count all the subcontractors but it does include "Americans, Iraqis and third-party nationals" (Merle, 2006, p. D01). Kellogg, Brown and Root has 50,000 employees in that region alone (Badkhen,
2006) and Titan has over 6,000 linguists in Iraq (Merle, 2006). This number is a great deal more than the 25,000 the Pentagon estimated (Merle, 2006). Civilians are providing a
lot of the support services the military used to do themselves, like cooking, construction, transporting materials, and maintenance (Merle, 2006). The civilian workers are in nearly as much danger as
the military but they not prepared for it (Badkhen, 2006). Deaths of civilians are mounting. For example, Titan Corp. had 14 employees killed and Blackwater Consulting lost four (Leonard, 2004).
Badkhen (2006) reports that at least 673 civilians have been killed between March 2003 and November 2006, at least 148 of whom were American. Nearly 8,000 have been injured (Keteyian
and Hirschkorn, 2006). Obtaining a government contract is extremely lucrative for companies (Badkhen, 2006). For example, Kellogg, Brown and Root, the largest contractor, has contracts valued at $20 billion
(Badkhen, 2006). For some civilians, the opportunity to earn four or five times their regular salary is too enticing to ignore (Badkhen, 2006; Leonard, 2004). The cost is extremely high.
There is the risk of capture or immediate death or permanent injuries. And, what is only recently being published, there has been a high incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
(Badkhen, 2006; Keteyian and Hirschkorn, 2006). Thousands of civilians are returning home with this condition and they are not receiving treatment (Badkhen, 2006). In desperation, many of the affected civilians
have turned to lawyers. Gary Pitts, a lawyer in Houston, is representing 200 civilians in their claims against AIG, who has refused to honor claims for psychological counseling as
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