Colombian Gunsels Working Cheap in Iraq

The
US company Epi Security & Investigation says
it has hired some 1,000 Colombian military and police veterans to work
as mercenaries for the US occupation in Iraq. Epi is operating from a
house near a US air base in the Ecuadoran
city of Manta.

The Bogota daily
El Tiempo reported on Aug. 12 that the Colombian mercenaries receive
salaries of between $2,500 and $5,000 a month–less than half the salary
charged by their US counterparts. Most of the mercenaries are retired
military officers or police agents who were trained by the US military
and are accustomed to working with US troops.

from La
Jornada of Mexico

EPI Web Site
Iraqi Job Center– featuring "Your career
in Iraq starts here"