Patriots Against War Profiteering is a program which enables free copies of the 'Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers' DVD to be delivered to school, libraries, and community groups across the country as well as active military around the world.

Through the generous donations of several Patriots we have already been able to send out over ten-thousand of DVD's and we continue to send out more every day. As part of our education and outreach program we have partnered with over 100 nationwide organizations. In order to mail out as many DVD's as possible we have solicited these groups as well as our base to target the most effective distribution.

Our goal is to have people not only see the film, but to be prepared to take specific action to make a difference. The Action Guide we have put together with 10 of our partners is helpful in determining what you can do.

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The Patriots Against War Profiteering program is being facilitated by our fiscal sponsor DreamCatchers which is a non-profit 501c(3) organization.

What some of the recipients have said

"Thank you so much for your generous donation of Iraq For Sale to the Brandon Free Public Library. I know it will be enjoyed by many of our patrons. Your thoughtfulness is very much appreciated. Sincerely, Stephanie Chomar, Librarian"

"Thanks so much for sharing the copies of Iraq for Sale with Seton High School. As soon as they came, I shared the news with our Social Justice teacher, who was quite thrilled. Our service coordinator immediately put dibs on the second copy, so I'll be waiting in line to see it (should have kept the news to myself until I'd seen the film!) Thanks again for including Seton High School. Sincerely, Monica Williams-Mitchell, MLS"

"On behalf of the International Humanities Center and Afghan Women's Mission, we acknowledge and sincerely appreciate your donation of 125 "Iraq For Sale" DVD's. Your donation will empower Afghan Women's Mission to accomplish far more than they otherwise could have without your assistance. Sincerely, Steve Sugarman, Executive Director"

"On behalf of the University of Alabama Libraries, I am pleased to acknowledge your recent gift of the DVD 'Iraq For Sale'. We are appreciative of the support of friends like you - support which enables us to continue to provide quality service to our patrons. Thank you for your interest in our libraries. Sincerely, Louis A. Pitschmann, Dean"

Letter from Sgt. Jon Lacore

Jim,

Well, again, I thank you for sending the DVD to me and my friends here. My roomate and I watched the film last night and I gave it to a couple other friends as well. You'll be getting emails from them as well.

First of all, me and a few others were just on our way to the chow hall For dinner when 4 or 5 semis went by us on the road with each of them carrying two brand new F-350 trucks on the back of them. All painted tan and still with the stickers on the windows. My roomate and I discribed how disgusted we were with it especially after just seeing Iraq For Sale.

I was moved by the film and simply disgusted with the intense amount of Greed and willingness to sacrifice people's lives to make a few extra dollars. Not only that but to waste extreme amounts of money just so they can get paid even more.

I've seen the incredible amounts of waste that occurs here. Especially with the chow hall and the thousands of civilian workers. I don't understand how we can be pouring millions and millions of dollars into our chow halls and PX's when the small Iraqi town right next to our base doesn't even have water or power. Yet they can get on their rooftops and peer over the horizon to Camp TQ and see lights flooding the entire base by gigantic generators. And these generators power the dozens of TV's, gym equipment, lavish (lavish for being in Iraq) chow halls and PX's that are not needed. I admit they are very nice to have, but if they want us to get out of this damn country anytime soon we should not be taking up permanent residence on a gigantic American Military base.

I know that these accusations you have made have been brought up in Congress several times. I just can't believe that no one at all is going to jail for this or even being fired or forced to resign. I'm anxious to see if a change in the House and Senate will bring about a change here in Iraq.

Kudos on the film. And please tell as many of the people involved in making it that you can that the soldiers over here appreciate the film and applaud you for making it. If there's more we can do we will do it. I'm planning on ordering a copy of the film for my family back home and my roomate and other friends are planning on doing the same.

Thank you again!
Sgt Jon LaCore

Letter from Army Medic Daniel Walsh

Hey,

I am at Al Taqaddum. I am a medic working at the aid station here. I watched Iraq for Sale last night. Some of the stuff is not surprising at all. We see a lot of KBR where I am at. I did not know about all the other contractors. I was most stunned at the footage of congressman trying to stop overspending but all of their attempts being turned down. This stuff needs to be known by the average american.

thanks,
Dan Walsh
US Army

Letter from Sgt. Phillip Slocum

Jim,

Having served in Iraq three times (Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom III) as well as Bosnia in 1994 and Somolia in 1993, I am well versed in the art of war so to speak. I don't live for the glory of battle nor am I a war-monger by any stretch of the imagination....war just happens to be part of my job description.

My most recent time in Iraq, August 2004 to October 2005, left me with nothing short of a bad taste in my mouth....and everything you see in "Iraq for Sale" is true.

Blackwater's private army (previously known as 'mercenaries') operating with impunity, rolling up and down the highways and by-ways of Iraq in armored SUVs, shooting first and rarely asking questions later.

KBR (Kellogg, Brown and Root - a subsidiary of Uncle Hally Bourton) and it's various subcontractors running everything on every 'FOB' (forward operating base) in Iraq. The lost laundry, the poor housing, hoarding of building materials intended for the troops, sub-standard meals, charging the government or meals that were never made nor eaten.

AT&T, Ma Bell. Wanna call home and tell the family and loved ones back home that you're alive? They advertise their calling cards as $.45 per minute (or less) to the U.S. In reality, it's $1.30 per minute. What other choices do you have over there? None. AT&T operates all of the calling centers. Thank god for internet based telephones...at $.03 per minute.

DynCorp. I went to school for six months and have eight years of experience in my particular military field. I go to Iraq to find that my job had been out-sourced to a DynCorp contractor who makes $125,000 a year (not including per dium). So, what the hell am I here for?

In previous experiences I went off to war with extra everything...and then some. This time however, Uncle Sam sent me off with one pair of desert boots, two uniforms, and body armor that didn't fit. I however, considered myself lucky. I know several soldiers who weren't issued body armor at all (all of which having to buy their own online...at $800 a pop)....and when it came time to get reimbursed for it, well, a show dog would have given up long ago due to the shear amount of hoops one has to jump through.

Mad Max. What do you think of when you see the movie Mad Mad? Mel tearing across a post-apocalyptic Australia in a souped-up, armored, monstrousity? How about soldiers who know nothing about welding, cutting, or metal properties rooting through junk yards trying to peice together enough steel to not necessarily stop, but to at least slow down a bullet or blast? The mentality over there is, those that are already in Iraq get the armored (up-armored) vehicles first, and those that are driving into Iraq for the first time....well, "hill billie" armor was (and still is) the norm.

I was a member of the active Army for eight years, now in the National Guard since 1997. I retire in less than three years. Prior to 2001 or 2003 I would have put my chances of being deployed to yet another combat zone at 10%. My likelihood of having to go back to Iraq within those three years in this post-September 11th environment is now about 95%.

At the moment, I'm a Sergeant (SGT / E-5) and am assigned to Delta Company, 1/111th Aviation Battalion, Florida National Guard which is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Members of my present National Guard unit are preparing to deploy to Iraq as we speak. Quite a few of them have dismissed the stories that myself and the thirty or so of us who deployed to Iraq in 2004 as mere bravado and "old war stories". They however, will learn soon enough...the hard way I'm affraid. Of those thirty or so, I'm certain that I'm the only one who has seen the film, but quite a few of them have expressed an interest in seeing it....all of course having seen the profiteers at work first hand.

Regards,
Phillip Slocum