British Workers Say Bigley Should Have Had More Protection......

[Joanne98]

'If they offered me £10m to travel unescorted, I wouldn't do it'

British workers say Bigley should have had more protection

Audrey Gillan in Basra
Tuesday September 28, 2004
The Guardian

British contractors in the Basra area of Iraq are following the kidnapping of Kenneth Bigley with concern and sympathy, but have questioned the wisdom of living and working in Baghdad without security or personal protection.
Many who watched Mr Bigley's impassioned plea for mercy on oversized television screens last week say that it would not have happened to them.

There are an estimated 1,500 contractors and civilian security officers working in the British-controlled southern area of Iraq. The camps have been built and are maintained by contractors. The communications infrastructure - such as internet services for soldiers - is operated by civilians. Then there are those that work in reconstruction: engineers, experts in sewerage, electricity and oil.

Those who have no military experience almost never travel outside the camps of the military zone designated Multi-National Division (South East) without an escort. The majority are accompanied by soldiers in "snatch wagons" - armoured Land Rovers - providing cover with heavy machine guns and SA80 rifles. Ex-military types, armed to the teeth, also provide escorts.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1314075,00.html

[leftchick]

1. he did have a guard at the home he was living in......

who mysteriously didn't show up for work the day they were kidnapped.

[saigon68]

2. Guess "The Guard" knew what was coming

Or as they say--

WHEN YOU PLAY FOR PAY YOU SOMETIMES FIND THE PRICE