"Our economy is about 30 percent larger than that of Australia," said Mr. Kilgore, 48, a telecommunications contractor.
He had spent time there in the early nineteen-eighties, after accepting a job from a dodgy telecommunications contractor who, as it turned out, had actually hired him to install radars on several of Qaddafi's military bases.
Certifications vary by state and will help you pursue work as an electrical administrator, a telecommunications contractor, or a specialist in an area like instrumentation.
As American and international oil companies, telecommunications firms and contractors moved into the Libyan market, they discovered that Colonel Qaddafi or his loyalists often sought to extract millions of dollars in "signing bonuses" and "consultancy contracts" -- or insisted that the strongman's sons get a piece of the action through shotgun partnerships.
However, McLernon says, certain industries including airlines, energy, telecommunications and government contractors are frequently targeted for review.
My prospects include motor vehicles; paper, chemicals, petroleum and other commodity producers; steel and nonferrous metals; farm and construction equipment; aircraft and defense contractors; telecommunications and utilities; drugs; many retailers; medical equipment; household appliances; textiles and apparel; overbuilt hotels and motels; and industrial and electrical equipment.
A mechanical engineer by training, Mr. Bailey had retired in 2000 from a 10-year run as chief executive of Comarco, a military contractor and telecommunications concern.
It spent some $8 billion, much of it in America, to transform itself from a military contractor into a telecommunications company -- just in time for last year's collapse of technology-related businesses.
More than 25 of the donors -- government contractors, banks, insurance and telecommunications companies -- gave at least $25,000, far more than would be permitted in a single year of campaign contributions.
David Sullivan, a private investigator from San Francisco, worked for a contractor in Libya, setting up telecommunications systems around the country.
Mr. Zoll has been a telecommunications engineer for 34 years, recently as a contractor in and around New York City, and before that in Washington.
