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24 May 2009, 00:31
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RIP Mr. Kitterman
American Killed in Baghdad's Green Zone Identified
Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, May 23, 2009; 7:56 AM BAGHDAD, May 23 -- The man found dead Friday morning in Baghdad's Green Zone has been identified as Jim Kitterman, the president of Janus Construction, a small company he formed last year. Kitterman, 60, lived in Houston, Texas. Kitterman worked in Iraq for years for several companies, including Houston-based KBR and Kuwait-based Peregrine, the latter company's president, Dennis Wright said in an e-mail. "Jim was an expert in Iraq," Wright said, "perhaps serving more days on the ground in Iraq than any other American." Kitterman was a former U.S. Navy Chief Petty officer, Wright said. "He loved his work in Iraq and believed he was making a positive contribution and difference in helping Iraqis regain their country," Wright said. Another American working for a contractor was killed Friday in a suspected rocket attack near the U.S. Embassy, U.S. officials said. It appeared to be the first fatal rocket attack in the Green Zone in more than a year. Kitterman had been stabbed multiple times, according to a U.S. official familiar with the investigation. He had been blindfolded and his hands were bound, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. A security alert sent by Western security officials in the Green Zone to an American client said Kitterman was apparently abducted Thursday night as he was leaving a shop in the Green Zone. The alert, which was provided to The Washington Post, said his throat had been slit. The U.S. official said a preliminary investigation suggests the killing might have been a crime of passion. "Our suspicion is that it was some kind of an argument that went bad," the official said. The rocket attack occurred shortly after 8 p.m. The round landed in a compound near the U.S. Embassy where military contractors live, the official said. The deaths raised fears among Green Zone residents about security in what was once regarded as a safe haven for Americans living in a war-torn country. The Iraqi government assumed nominal control of the heavily guarded area Jan. 1, in accordance with a security agreement with the United States. Since then, as Iraqi security forces have assumed more control over the four-square-mile zone, Americans have been urged to take precautions when they venture outside the massive U.S. Embassy compound and the handful of remaining American military installations. U.S. Embassy employees are no longer allowed to leave the facility alone. It is now possible to enter the Green Zone without interacting with U.S. soldiers at checkpoints. But the American military still issues badges that grant varying levels of access and has sought to delay the opening of a key bridge that connects the Green Zone to regular traffic. The International Zone Police, staffed by U.S. military personnel, continues to patrol the area. Several Americans have been killed in mortar and rocket attacks in the Green Zone in recent years, but officials said they could not remember another case in which an American was the victim of a noncombat homicide. U.S. Embassy and military spokesmen confirmed that they were investigating the death but provided no details. As the U.S. military prepares to withdraw from inner-city bases by a June 30 deadline imposed by the Iraqi government, some officials have expressed concern that militiamen might once again be able to launch rocket attacks with ease. One of the few outposts the U.S. military is trying to exempt from the deadline requirement is on the southern edge of Sadr City, from which most rocket attacks on the Green Zone originated last year. Staff writer Mary Pat Flaherty in Washington contributed to this report.
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24 May 2009, 07:13
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Jim was as good as they come; I was privilege to know him. He was a grumpy little fuck, but he always did what he said. I just saw him a week ago, and still cannot believe he was murdered.
RIP Jimmy, now you will be reunited with your son in heaven. Blue Skys D
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24 May 2009, 10:12
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RIP Mr. Kitterman
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24 May 2009, 10:30
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24 May 2009, 10:32
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Strange story indeed. Interesting that since the IZ is in Iraq's hands now that the investigation is being conducted by a 'US Official'.
RIP...
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24 May 2009, 13:41
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25 May 2009, 16:49
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Anyone hear anything else? Have they already grabbed the perps?
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26 May 2009, 05:58
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26 May 2009, 15:14
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Yup, perfectly safe for guys to still go out jogging in onesies and twosies, no weapons or comms. And drink outside their own compounds, etc.
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26 May 2009, 20:11
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Havnt heard on if they have caught anyone around here.... and good fucking luck to them. There is alot of speculation going around, on the IZ rumor mill... Mr. Kitterman may have been in some dealings with the Fuel point.... WHICH "may or may not have been the target" of the mortar that killed wildweasle, being that his hooch was right next door to the point. There is definitely some shady shit going on around here lately......
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26 May 2009, 21:05
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27 May 2009, 18:38
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Holy fucking shit, I knew this guy
 I took a couple of trucks of his from Al Asad to Baghdad back in 2007, when he worked for Peregrine his name was ringing bells with me, now I know why I'll need to get onto another mate of mine, as he also done some work for him around the same time.....RIP Jim
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27 May 2009, 20:28
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Rest in Peace Chief, fair winds and following seas.
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27 May 2009, 20:53
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29 May 2009, 10:11
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As for the mortar that killed Larry who knows what the fuck haji was targeting? How many "targeted" the Palace and fell short....
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6 June 2009, 18:40
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Didn't see that coming, that's for sure. Although the rumor was from the very first day that this was crime-related and not terrorism related.
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"The real problem was being able to stick it out, to sit in an office under the orders of a wee man in a dark gray suit and look out of the window and recall the bush country, the waving palms, the smell of sweat and cordite, the grunts of the men hauling jeeps over the river crossings, the copper-tasting fears just before the attack, and the wild, cruel joy of being alive afterward. To remember, and then go back to the ledgers and the commuter train, that was impossible. He knew he would eat his heart out if it ever came to that." - "The Dogs of War" by Frederick Forsyth
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7 June 2009, 11:36
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I knew Jim very well. When I worked for CTU I had the privilege of doing PSD for him. At one point Jim lived on one of the upper floors of the Sheraton and one of my last duties for CTU was to be his 24/hr shadow just before Jim and CTU made the move to the IZ from the Baghdad Sheraton. I stayed in the room adjoining his at night as personal security on him. I really enjoyed the lo-pro detail we operated for him in the armored Mercedes.
Jim was a hard man. He was fearless and would go any where he needed to go to get the job done. Several times it was hairy taking him downtown to do furniture shopping (business, not personal) or to the banks, etc. Last time I saw Jim was at the IZ in Sept/Oct 2007. He was staying at the CTU compound and as usual, was always on the go, just passing through, with a sinlge expat guard doing lo-pro for him. RIP Jim
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7 June 2009, 18:14
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RIP Jim
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9 June 2009, 21:40
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Like many others here I knew Jim personally and was the "single expat doing lo-pro" for him, for over a year in 2005 and 2006.
Many a nights we would hang out in the front yard of the CTU villa and drink that freaking lebanese wine ...until we upgraded to cocktails shortly after. Jim was indeed a fearles man with his head screwed on the right way. Never too scared to take a risk - but never so ignorant as to not take an advice. When one had the chance to spend time with him he would slowly open up and you would find a very thoughtful and loving character, that was deeply hurt by the early death of his son Troy. He will be buried next to him now. Smooth sailing, Kitterjim. Pleasure to have known you.
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