For Spimf
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6716543.ece

Harrowing reading indeed...
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 20 Jul 2009, 11:54, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I read that,
it was a good article.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 12:02, Reply)

Pretty much
backs up spimf's experiences there too.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 12:13, Reply)

I read that this morning
and commented... spelling Rod as Rob (see if you can find me, 20 points to the winner).

I sell a lot in the Middle East - the place is flat, the people lie, the bills go unpaid.

I'm off there in November. Looking forward to it as it'll be a laugh going on the company tab, but I loathe the methodology.

Well spotted Peej...

Also check the Independent article johann Hari, I think. He's a lefty bastard, but it's an excellent article).
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 20 Jul 2009, 13:52, Reply)

Spimf has already posted this link...
...hopefully he's getting his family life on track.

Nevertheless, it's scary reading - the glittery jewel in the middle east that many of us aspired to work in has turned into a squalid tale of exlpoitation and greed.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 20 Jul 2009, 14:55, Reply)

This is fucking ace
business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article6719191.ece
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 20 Jul 2009, 15:09, Reply)