Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006)

Documentary portraying the actions of U.S. corporate contractors in the U.S.-Iraq war. Interviews with employees and former employees of such companies as Halliburton, CACI, and KBR suggest... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Greenwald

Stars:

Shereef Akeel, Hassan Al-Azzawi, Al Haj Ali

Cast

Credited cast:
Shereef Akeel	...	Himself
Hassan Al-Azzawi	...	Himself
Al Haj Ali	...	Himself
Scott Allen	...	Himself
Keith Ashdown	...	Himself
Mark Benjamin	...	Himself
Doug Brooks	...	Himself
Henry Bunting	...	Himself
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ben Carter	...	Himself
Joshua Casteel	...	Himself
Pratap Chatterjee	...	Himself
Dick Cheney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bud Conyers	...	Himself
Charlie Cray	...	Himself

Storyline

Documentary portraying the actions of U.S. corporate contractors in the U.S.-Iraq war. Interviews with employees and former employees of such companies as Halliburton, CACI, and KBR suggest that government cronyism is behind apparent "sweetheart" deals that give such contractors enormous freedom to profit from supplying support and material to American troops while providing little oversight. Survivors of employees who were killed discuss the claim that the companies cared more for profit than for the welfare of their own workers, and soldiers indicate that the quality of services provided is sub-standard and severely in contradiction to the comparatively huge profits being generated. Also depicted are the unsuccessful attempts by the filmmakers to get company spokesmen to respond to the charges made by the interviewees.

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Plot Keywords:

super power | profiteer | business | iraq war | country name in title | 

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Genres:

Documentary | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 2006 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brave New Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

The Mighty Dollar

Iraq For Sale is a truly horrifying documentary about the state of war profiteering in Iraq as allowed or encouraged by Washington in the United States. Not to be misunderstood or understated, it is terrifying how reckless the companies mentioned in the film (Halliburton et al) act towards their customers (US Military) and their employees in pursuit of the mighty dollar. Sending out trucks on delivery missions empty because they can charge the government for sending them to the bases. Providing dubious contaminated water to the troops from their water treatment plants, and charging $100 to wash a bag of laundry to mention a few. What is even more terrifying is that the Pentagon just ignores the abuse or gives the companies a slap on the wrist for their trouble, all the while continuing to funnel billions or more dollars into their pockets. I used to accept that war was about ideology and defense, this documentary proved me wrong. War is about the pursuit of wealth and power!