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As a former Contract Manager (COR) for Iraq, I would HIGHLY recommend that your friend goes in completely understanding his political status. The (Non functioning) US Embassy in Baghdad has historically done very little to look after NGO's, contractors, and US Citizens outside of the Green Zone. You only have to look back as far as 2015 when ISIS stood up and left hundreds of US Contractors stranded on an airfield in Northern Iraq to their own means of exfil. Eventually the Iraqi's moved them out, however the USG did much less than expected.
IMHO, this is a very bad assignment for your friend to take on. US heads are worth much more than the medical care they may provide right now. Prayers out, but I hope he has a rock solid plan. Iraq SF providing security?
"Do you want to get kidnapped? Because this is how you get kidnapped." - Tm SGT prior to my first deployment to Africa.
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