Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

Directed by	Robert Greenwald
Produced by	Robert Greenwald Sarah Feeley Jim Gilliam Devin Smith
Starring	Bud Conyers Janis Karpinski James Logsdon Bill Peterson Shane Ratliff Edward Sanchez
Music by	Tree Adams
Cinematography	Nick Higgins
Editing by	Carla Gutierrez Sally Rubin
Distributed by	Brave New Films
Release date(s)	2006
Running time	75 minutes
Country	U.S.A
Language	English
Budget	$368,000
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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is a 2006 documentary about the ongoing Iraq War and the behavior of companies with no-bid contracts working within Iraq. The movie was made by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films.

Specifically, the film claims four major contractors -- Blackwater, K.B.R.-Halliburton, CACI and Titan -- are over-billing the U.S. government and doing substandard work while endangering the lives of American soldiers and private citizens. The documentary contends these companies are composed of ex-military and ex-government workers who unethically help their companies get and keep enormous contracts and milk the American taxpayer.

The film crew interviews military servicemen, watchdog group affiliates, and former employees of Halliburton.

Halliburton contends the film is "yet another rehash of inaccurate, recycled information."^[1] During filming, Greenwald had requested interviews with the contractors, but they turned him down.

This was the first film to raise substantial production funds from small donations online: $267,892 from 3,000 people in 10 days.^[2]