Joshuah Bearman reveals how the owner of the Baghdad Country Club, a bar in Baghdad's Green Zone, stocked the joint:
James himself often braved the deadly Route Irish to pick up shipments of spirits from Ahmed, a businessmen out at the airport who supplied him with most of his liquor. The road was a target for snipers and car bombs, resulting in trigger-happy U.S. military personnel and mercenaries. A typical private security detail cost basis, with a heavily armored airport pickup of one passenger, was five grand. James had done many such contracted Baghdad Airport trips himself. Now he was routinely making the drive in an unarmored vehicle, often alone.
Spencer Ackerman interviews Bearman about what happened to the bar.
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