The situation in Iraq has not improved yet. Everyday we hear of bomb attacks and US soldiers and innocent people being killed. The living conditions are still bad, there is a shortage of water, food and electricity. In such times I would advise my Goan friends to take care while taking up jobs in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan, till the situation is calm. Some of the recruiting agents in Mumbai recruit people for Kuwait and Jordan and later on transfer them to Iraq. They offer them higher salaries compared to the other gulf states. A friend of mine working in Kuwait has this to say:
"Please inform the people of Goa to take caution while seeking a job in Kuwait. Because so many boys are being recruited from goa saying that they will be taken to Kuwait for job. From here they took them to Iraq (Tikrit) and have dumped them there. Many of the boys are crying to come back to Kuwait. I know this incident because our company has started logistic services. The Pakistani and Indian drivers are delivering food to Iraq. One Pakistani driver came to me and said he brought two Goans from Tikrit, they are about 21 or 22 yrs old. It seems they were crying. I told him you could have brought all of them by truck he said he could accommodate two in the front seat. It seems on the same day four bus loads of boys from Goa came from Jordan to Tikrit. These boys were shocked to know that they are in Iraq. Because while recruiting them they were told that they would be working in Jordan. Unfortunately they were taken from Bombay to Jordan by flight and from Jordan to Iraq by bus. It took them four days to reach Tikrit. On the way they were not given neither water nor food to drink". Edward Verdes ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
