Philippines: Film shows �trafficking� of Filipino workers to Iraq has an American face

by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO
www.ofwjournalism.net

QUEZON CITY – A FINGER-LENGTH shard of metal on a white tissue paper nearly made Ailyn Mateo�s mother faint.

Taken from Mateo�s right shoulder, the shrapnel from a bomb that killed 22 armed combatants and 11 civilians is a terrible testament to Filipinos� desperation for work, even in a hell hole called Iraq.
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One Comment to “Philippines: Film shows �trafficking� of Filipino workers to Iraq has an American face”

1. Apo Inang says:

   June 19, 2007 at 12:01 pm

   I have seen this documentary, there a few holes in it that should be patched so it’s credibility will stand up. The recruiters that are taking filipinos to Iraq should be investigated, Halliburton may not even know many of its TCN’s were recruited illegally, I have had this happen personally where my manager kept telling me all is well, ’til one day an angry worker yelled at me for not paying her, but as far as I knew she was being paid, clear case of the lower managers not telling their boses the truth. 2nd, 3 of my relatives work at call centers, they all started at P15k a month, so no, the Pinoy TCN’s DO NOT make less than half of a call center employee, they start the same. IED is not an Inter-Explosive Device, it is an Improvised Explosive Device, because it is home made from materials availabe. Like I said for this docu to stand up much more holes than this have to be patched or it loses credibility. Don’t be like Michael Moore, most of his Fakecumentary is staged, I feel sorry for all those poor souls who saw his movie as truth.