Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, by Robert Greenwald, deals with war profiteering and the negligence of private military contractors during the Iraq War. It investigates whether contractors such as Blackwater, Halliburton, KBR, Titan and CACI provided sufficient support to their employees and American troops, while overcharging the US government for their services.

Families of contractors killed in the war and surviving employees who are interviewed claim that the companies did not offer adequate protection and supplies in order to cut costs. This lack of spending led to fatal issues, ranging from contaminated drinking water to convoys being short of security personnel.

The documentary shows that these companies had close ties to influential politicians such as George W Bush, often winning no-bid contracts. When Greenwald attempts to find company representatives to respond to the allegations, he is repeatedly rebuffed.