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  • Danger Pay Is Their Business

    by Gordon Hurd

    Sep 23, 2007

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    Last week agents of Blackwater USA killed a number of civilians in Iraq. Following the incident, the private security firm was grounded in Baghdad's Green Zone. News of the bloody affair emboldened buzz on the guns-for-hire, though not in a way we would have imagined.

    Searches for "blackwater" and "blackwater iraq" made logical leaps. Yet who could have imagined that news of a deadly encounter in one of the most dangerous places on the planet would spark a rush on queries for "blackwater usa jobs" or "blackwater security jobs"? Over 81% of the queries came from men, and 64% of those were men between the ages of 25 and 54. Hazard pay certainly has its adherents.

    Working as a security consultant for Blackwater USA may not qualify as one of the world's most dangerous jobs—the top spot on that list goes to fishermen, incidentally—but we're sure the occupation is a contender. As for the eager job seekers, we expect to see more searches now that Blackwater is back in service in Baghdad.

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