Word: westmacott
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...suffocating heat. "There were body parts on our roof," Mulhern says he heard from colleagues. Several streets in Mansour, where scores of Westerners live, are cordoned off by blast barriers and patrolled by private security guards wielding AK-47s. "Companies are spending a ridiculous amount on security," says Oliver Westmacott, who is in a position to benefit. The British entrepreneur, 28, started a training and risk-analysis security business in Iraq that is proving to be "hugely lucrative...
...sentiments among some Iraqis, most are hungry for things American after years of living under the embargo and being barred from traveling to the West. U.S. officials still expect big American companies with the new construction contracts to flood the country with subcontracting deals and other spending. Westmacott and Mulhern will be here, waiting. They are guessing that the latecomers will need everything from high-speed Internet service to luxury housing and security. All of which proves their point: for the stouthearted, this is a great place to make money...
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