FIJI: Iraq Guards Urged Not To "Jump Ship"

[Robbien]

A Fiji recruiting agent for the London-based private security firm Control Risk Group has warned Fijian guards in Iraq not to jump ship when approached by other security firms who promise more money, Fiji Live reports.

This comes after an increase in civilian Fijian deaths in Iraq in the past month with talks of sending more former soldiers to act as security guards for private companies in the war-torn country. Four Fijian guards were killed in Iraq on 19 April after their convoy was ambushed by the Iraqi resistance.

Their families were not given compensation because they “jumped ship” from Control Risk to a Kuwait-based International Security Company that did not have compensation clause in its contract with the four guards.

Risk Control (Fiji) Limited recruiter Jonetani Kaukimoce confirmed today that 110 more former soldiers will be going to Iraq and they have been "fully briefed on the consequences of jumping ship".

“There are five new companies in Iraq that are luring our guards and we have briefed our recruits about them and their capabilities.”

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