Guns for Hire Afghanistan

GUNS FOR HIRE AFGHANISTAN is a highly topical 46 min. documentary about the secretive world of private military companies. One of the highlights of GUNS FOR HIRE AFGHANISTAN is a unique interview in Kabul s Polecharki jail with the infamous American prisoner Jack Idema an ex Marine Special Forces soldier who turned rogue. Jack was hunting for Bin Ladin in the hope of winning the 2 million dollars U. S. award offered for Bin Laden s head by the Bush Administration. Eventually, Afghan authorities arrested Idema on charges of kidnapping people and interrogating them in a private prison. Date: November 2005 Location: Afghanistan Distributor: Sky One (15 May 2006) 46 min. Credits: directed and filmed by Claudio von Planta Reporter and Producer Sam Kiley, CoDirector and Producer Jim Foster Editor Olivia Baldwin, Production Company Carbon HQ