IT was hot and sickly in the hospital room, as the American surgeon used an electric power saw to cut through a man's leg, halfway up the calf.
The left foot was already missing, amputated in a previous operation a few days earlier.
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Casualties mount for the army of private contractors rebuilding Iraq
Thousands of men from India and Asia willing to risk their lives for low salaries in appalling conditions From Phil Sands in Baghdad
