“Where did his brother work?” Wynn asked.
Unemployed men were vulnerable to insurgent recruitment. Transporting or storing weapons or explosives, assisting in surveillance of targeted areas, initiating explosive devices—any of these activities could lead to a payoff of hundreds of dollars, a lot of money in Iraq. Murder for hire was another available trade. The payoff for a simple murder was less, reportedly under $100.
The man with rabbit-hair spoke again. As he waited for translation, Wynn looked up and down the neighborhood street. He noticed the extreme dustiness of the neighborhood, as if someone had sprayed the whole area with fire retardant. Cengo explained to him that this man’s brother had worked at a sewer processing station. The sewer company let him go because it could not pa
