he was generous karpinski his boss in iraq. the man walking beside him with a machine gun isn't a soldier he's a contractor from blackwater we're talking here about a mercenary we're talking about a hired. gun. and when you have in iraq. a man with a gun. who is hired to use that weapon you're talking about a soldier without all of the battles that there are no rules or regulations governing the use the people. we wanted to get in touch with someone at blackwater who can explain to us what exactly a contractor does. try to reach mr burt success and i want to talk to regarding press issues. blackwater so many times that we've lost count but they don't seem to want to talk to us. put it appears that the coalition doesn't just use blackwater. the fact is there are over twenty thousand private contractors in iraq they constitute the second largest force after the american army. and hundreds of firms around the world around private contractors. have. one search for just a romanian security company. who are in bucharest will show us