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http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Contract-killers-hired-in-Iraqs/2004/12/12/1102786926915.html?oneclick=true

December 12, 2004 - 5:59AM

Contract killers are being offered as little as $US50 ($67) to hunt down coalition troops - including Australians - in Iraq.

The mercenaries are being wooed from poor neighbouring countries in the Middle East with the promise of cash payments for every Western soldier killed.

Air Commodore Greg Evans, who took command of Australian forces in the Middle East three weeks ago, told Sydney newspaper The Sunday Telegraph that Iraqi insurgents were turning to hired assassins to do their dirty work.

"This is a difficult adversary. The insurgency is not a coherent force," Air Commodore Evans told the newspaper.