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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Jobs: Security Guard/Escort, Iraq

Filed under: Iraq,Jobs — Tags: , , , , , , , — Matt @ 2:44 AM

    Warning, this is a UN job. lol Hey, work is work. I am not the POC or recruiter for this and follow the links below in order to apply. Good luck. –Matt

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Security Guard/Escort – Security Section in Iraq, UNAMI, Baghdad

Vacancy No.: 063/2010

Deadline: 11 September 2010

Post Title: Security Guard/Escort Level GL-4

Organizational Unit: Security Section in Iraq

Location: UNAMI, Baghdad

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Under the overall guidance and supervision of the PREMSEC Officer, the Security Guard /Escort will be responsible for the following duties:

Provide escort service to the UN staff, VIP, visitors and contractors including delivery of the supply from the IZ gates into UNAMI compounds within IZ Baghdad;

Coordinate and submit the access authorization requests to the ISF OEA following up on the status of the request made;

Contact and brief the UN staff without IZ badge, visitor, contractor and or supplier on the IZ check point procedures and time of escort;

Liaise on daily basis with the ISF authorities at IZ check points on the access, search and escort procedures;

Keep high security awareness and vigilance, report the suspicious activity and actions of individuals both entering the IZ/UNAMI as well as those waiting for escort;

Provide daily and monthly security assessment of the IZ Check points and level of the security and prepare escort activity monthly report;

Sign in and out the escorted personnel and or trucks ensuring proper verification, identity, security search and timely departure of the escorted persons and trucks;

Maintain office records and reference files and archiving of records;

Drive and maintain the duty vehicle, report any accident or hazardous activity to supervisor;

Perform Security Guard duties and other responsibilities as directed by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Education: High school diploma or equivalent with supplemental security management or related training. University degree is an asset.

Experience: A minimum of 4 years of experience in security operations, civilian or military police. Experience within UN system is an asset.

Language: Fluency in oral and written English and Arabic is essential.

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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Iraq: Baghdad To Cull A Million Stray Dogs

Filed under: Fish and Game,Iraq,Medical — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 1:53 PM

     This is actually a good thing.  The wild dog population in Iraq is out of control and a huge problem there.  One thing for everyone to think about when you are out there is don’t be surprised if you see these guys walking around with shotguns, shooting up dogs in the streets and cities.  It would be very easy to mistake these guys as the enemy or think there is some kind of firefight with all of the gun fire caused by this culling operation. It looks like they are operating in teams of four–two shooters, two vets, and possibly some police escorting them around.  And this is just for Baghdad.  I can’t even imagine how big the stray dog population is throughout Iraq. –Matt

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Iraq dogs

Baghdad to cull a million stray dogs as rogue canine population soars

June 11, 2010

More than a million stray dogs roaming Baghdad are facing destruction.

The initiative has so far led to 42,000 strays being killed in only two months.

Teams of riflemen and vets are trying to thin out a rogue canine population that has reached at least 1,250,000.

Numbers grew hugely after the fall of Saddam because of the lawless state of the Iraqi capital.

But with the streets now much safer, the authorities are trying to clear out the stray dogs.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Iraq: Twin Suicide Car Bombs in Baghdad Kill Over 130

Filed under: Iraq,Video — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 10:21 AM

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Iraq: Change of Guard in Baghdad’s Green Zone

Filed under: Iraq — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 12:10 AM

   Crazy.  I know we are supposed to hand this stuff over, but this transfer will definitely test everyone’s nerves here in the beginning.  Because as soon as a there is an incident, where some Iraqi soldier was not doing their job or was working for the bad guys, and allowed a VBIED or some other shenanigans, then there will be some pissed off and possibly dead Americans asking ‘why’? Steady as she goes, steady as she goes…..-Matt 

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Change of Guard in Baghdad’s Green Zone

A Haven for Westerners Transforms as Iraqis Take Over the Reins From U.S. Forces

By Ernesto LondoñoWashington Post Foreign ServiceThursday, August 6, 2009

BAGHDAD — Baghdad’s storied Green Zone, for six years a bunkered refuge for Westerners in this beleaguered capital, is America’s turf no more.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki recently ordered that U.S. troops stop manning the area’s entry points; they are now controlled solely by Iraqis.

Iraqi soldiers have set up roving checkpoints inside, and U.S. Embassy and military badges no longer exempt holders from inspection. Iraqi authorities have threatened to seize U.S. vehicles that do not have Iraqi license plates, sending hundreds of American government employees and contractors scrambling to Baghdad’s equivalent of the DMV.

In two months, the Iraqis will start issuing badges granting varying levels of access to the Green Zone, a process that until now had been the purview of the U.S. military and for years subjected Iraqis to second-class status in their own capital.

Citing a higher threat of kidnappings and other dangers, the U.S. Embassy, the U.S. military and private defense contractors have imposed strict rules and, in some cases, curfews to restrict nonessential travel outside the mammoth new embassy compound and other fortified compounds within the Green Zone.

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

Iraq: Iraqi Troops Take Charge of the Green Zone and Basra

Filed under: Iraq,Legal News — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 10:56 AM

   Happy New Year to everyone, and hopefully 2009 will be a good year for us all.  Especially in Iraq.  We’ll see how it goes, and I will be sure to post what I can about any of the issues and problems associated with the hand over.  One thing I did pick up on in this article, was the issue of Iraqi prisoners.  

   U.S. troops across Iraq remain under U.S. command but their operations must now be authorised by a joint committee. They can detain Iraqis only with a warrant from an Iraqi judge and are to leave the streets of Iraqi towns and cities by mid-2009.

Some 15,000 prisoners held at U.S. military detention camps must now be charged with crimes under Iraqi law or freed. 

   I really hope that Iraq’s legal system will be able to properly deal with this, and I have to think that out of those 15,000 that there are still a few with some fight in them.  We’ll see how this goes, and I am sure we will be carefully watching who gets released and where they go.

   As for a joint committee authorizing operations, I am somewhat skeptical.  My fear for this would be OPSEC and this part of the handover will take a lot of trust.  All we can do is wait and see.  –Matt 

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Iraqi troops take charge of Baghdad’s Green Zone

Thu Jan 1, 2009 9:56am EST

* U.S. troops come under Iraqi mandate

* PM marks “sovereignty” with national holiday

* Iraqi forces assume control of Green Zone

By Waleed Ibrahim and Tim Cocks

BAGHDAD, Jan 1 (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Iraq came under an Iraqi mandate on Thursday, an event the country’s leader said had finally restored Iraq’s sovereignty nearly six years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

In one immediate change, U.S. forces handed over responsibility to Iraqi troops for the Green Zone, a fortified swathe of central Baghdad off limits to most Iraqis, who widely view it as a symbol of foreign military occupation.

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