Hi This is Brian Wiklendt coming to you from Garfinkel Schwartz here in Maitland Florida.
We specialize in Defense Base Act work helping overseas contractors that get injured.
What we like to do from time to time is give updates to contractors and potential contractors
as to what’s going on in the world.
We know that our clients and you listening to this often get sent to highly confidential
locations and places that no one knows about.
So what we do is try to figure out to give a good indicator of what and where U.S. troops
are going because anywhere they go marks a strong indicator for where civilian contractors
will also be working.
But wherever you go and whatever you need, we’ll be here if you need our help.
That’s a promise.
So I’d like to take a look at what’s going on overseas and the world conflicts to put
on everybody’s radar.
These are summaries that are based on what we’ve read in the news, gathered from government
sources, the Department of Defense, military and some impartial sources that study world
conflicts.
That’s kind of what we like to keep track of so that our clients and our potential clients
know what’s going on and they can get the potential help they’ll need once they get
injured in one of these remote areas.
Iraq obviously has a very large history in the United States ever since 9/11 being involved.
As of September 10, 2016, the U.S. military and the Obama administration reports that
there’s still more than 4,500 U.S. troops that are in Iraq.
This week an additional 450 troops were sent to help strictly protect the city of Mosul
from ISIS/ISIL and so this is just going to be a continuing situation and I do have clients
that have been that were recently deployed back to Iraq.
A lot of people have been there.
Most of our presence left in 2011 2012 but now we’re coming back.
We feel a sense that we need to get back in there because of Isis.
The U.S. has been trying to maintain order and establish control of the country of Iraq
all the way since 2003.
When the U.S. then entered Iraq, it was to remove the regime alleged to be responsible
for creating and preparing use of weapons of mass destruction.
Although evidence was not found that those weapons were present, the U.S. remained in
Iraq fighting and supporting the country’s battle for control from Saddam Hussein.
Even after the capture of Suddein -- I’m sorry Saddam and his removal, the U.S. attempted
to aid the establishment of an interim government and we were beginning to withdraw troops thinking
that the interim government was stable in 2007-08 however as we know Iraqi insurgents
from a range of religious and political factions continually wrestled for control of the country
while U.S. troops left Iraq that first time.
And at the center of the Iraqi leadership issues is a difference in beliefs amongst
the Kurds, Sunni, and Shia.
Each wants and thinks they should have a say in Iraqi governance, and they still do.
Yet these groups cannot agree to work together equally to run the country and that’s why
American forces are still there.
All of these groups are in battle with ISIS, yet the internal fighting will not allow a
resolve for leadership that together, united may better defend the country from ISIS.
By 2011, the Iraq Crisis peaked and civil war broke out.
ISIS began an all out war for control of the country which then brought the United States
and its allies back into Iraq.
So since 2014 more than 60 countries have worked with U.S. forces attempting to keep
ISIS from gaining control of key cities in Iraq including Fallujah, Baghdad, Tikrit,
Anbar Province and Ramadi.
There have been almost 10,000 air strikes against ISIS.
The U.S. and its allies are working to remove ISIS from Mosul where it had a two-year presence.
With the wide range of religious, political disagreements, the U.S. military, and its
allies face several more years of fighting in Iraq which may or may not escalate, which
probably will escalate.
And our civilian contractors will probably have to go over there and support the efforts
against ISIS in Iraq.
“If you’re a contractor and you’re currently not injured, you seriously should consider
consulting with Garfinkel Schwartz for free.
Or any other lawyer that actually knows what they’re doing in terms of being a Defense
Base Act attorney.
That's just so that you know what your rights are in these crazy countries and these places
that are kind of third world type situations.
You want to know your rights before something bad happens and the best way to do that is
to contact an attorney that knows what they’re talking about in terms of what your rights
are in regards to the Defense Base Act—if God forbid—you got injured.
We hope you stay safe wherever you are working or soon going to leave to work.
And no matter the job, if you’re traveling to one of these dangerous zones you’ve really,
really got to be prepared with what challenges may lay ahead.
Including any type of getting into harm’s way either mentally or physically and not
knowing what the process is and how a lot of people just get left behind and get sent
back with a plane ticket and they have no idea how to seek treatment or what to do under
the federal law.
So you can call us anytime you want.
I hope this is educational for you.
You can call us anytime day or night regardless of whether you’re injured or not just to
talk about certain things if you want some more information I can definitely try to help
you lead you if you’re interested in these areas.
Otherwise please stay safe.
Again this is Brian Wiklendt with Garfinkel Schwartz, have a great day and thanks for
your time.