Recruiters working for U.S. contractors are hiring former Colombian soldiers — and even luring some active-duty ones — for security jobs in Iraq, says a former army officer who met with the recruiters. Although Colombia is a member of President Bush’s “coalition of the willing” in Iraq, it hasn’t sent troops because its army is battling a 40-year-old Marxist insurgency with U.S. aid at home. But some former soldiers have recently begun going as contractors — and earning up to $8,000 monthly.Full Story
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