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Employee of the security company Asgaard (from a Facebook post): "Dangerous environment"
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In the middle of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, employees of a German security company live in a different time.
A Reich war flag hangs on the walls of a lounge, and in the hallway is emblazoned the Wehrmacht slogan "Don't complain, fight".
Above the doors, also in old letters: "Operations Center", "Troop Kitchen" and "Latrine 1" and "Latrine 2".
It can be seen in a video from 2017 that SPIEGEL has.
Controversial client
At the time, the Asgaard company was located in the middle of the Green Zone, only around 500 meters from the United Nations Office and less than a kilometer from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.
The situation in the political center of the Iraqi capital was no accident.
According to the managing director, the company guards "the diplomatic representation of an Arab superpower" in Baghdad.
Asgaard is based in Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The company woos and employs active and former police officers and soldiers.
The company has already come under fire in the past, for example because it had accepted an order from a controversial politician from Somalia.
But now there are tougher allegations in the room.
Not only did the decoration in the Baghdad base point to a glorification of the Nazi era, according to SPIEGEL research, employees were also happy to express right-wing extremist slogans.
In addition, an employee, who is a full-time police officer in Germany, is said to have illegally made queries in police databases for the company.
A preliminary investigation is ongoing.
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