The Boys From Baghdad

From The Foreign Legion To The Killing Fields Of Iraq

Simon Low

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As a former fighter in the legendary French Foreign Legion, Simon Low thought he had seen it all. Then he was posted to Iraq. Employed as a private military contractor - a 'hired gun' - his assignment is to guard the deadly convoy routes out of Baghdad. Once there, Simon quickly realises that no one can be trusted, including the US military. Whether sending him on perilously haphazard missions or, in one terrifying incident, knowingly opening fire on him, the Americans often prove as dangerous as the insurgents. Simon and his staunch 'oppo' Dave face the daily terror of suicide bombers, armed ambushes and grenade attacks, and must also keep close watch on their ill-assorted Iraqi comrades, many of whom are mere 'bums on seats' hired randomly to fulfil the firm's contracts with the US Army. Incompetence or betrayal from within can be fatal, but a far greater fear is that of capture, with prisoners subjected to torture and slow death, with the ever present threat of a 'Baghdad Haircut' (beheading). Commissioned to courier a large quantity of cash through bandit country, Simon loses patience with his high-handed paymasters and devises a plan of his own for the money."The Boys from Baghdad" is an intimate, action-packed account of life as a soldier of fortune in the most controversial conflict of our age. With grim, earthy humour, Simon Low's eyewitness descriptions of Iraq as it spirals into bloody chaos provide a unique and uncompromising insight into the theatre of war.