Activists Target War Profiteers and "Corporate Looters" of Iraq

[LauraK]

DURHAM, N.C.- August 5 - Leading anti-war activists and organizations launched a new campaign today calling for an end to war profiteering by military contractors, and challenging what they call the “second invasion” of Iraq by powerful corporate interests seeking to control the country’s oil, water and other resources.

The Stop the War Profiteers Campaign, initiated by the North Carolina-based Institute for Southern Studies, has been endorsed by several leading veteran, faith, labor, peace and other organizations, as well as prominent scholars and activists across the country.

“A handful of Bush-connected corporations are poised to make billions in profits while U.S. troops are killed almost daily, and Iraq plunges deeper into a colonial nightmare,” said Dr. Rania Masri, a campaign coordinator and program director at the Institute.

“Halliburton, Bechtel, MCI and other war profiteers are part of a larger invasion by outside corporate interests hoping to control the wealth and resources of Iraq – wealth and resources that belong to the Iraqi people,” Masri added.

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[NJCher]

1. expose the rats!

excellent. I went to the site and signed and also clicked to help with the campaign.

I see no down side to this. We need to put constant focus on how they lied to get themselves into this country to reap billions in profits, all the expense of the taxpayers.


Cher

[pfitz59]

2. Senator Truman's War profiteering investigation.....

Put him on the national map. This is something to advocate. Go for it! Follow the money!

[PsN2Wind]

6. Profiteering

I have always thought that with the exception of very short term operations or obvious defense related operations there should HAVE to be; a declaration of war by congress, the immediate startup of a draft, a sur-tax to make the operation pay-as you- go and stringent anti-profiteering laws. That way everyone gets to share the burden of war.

[jpak]

3. I just sent a letter to my repug Congress critter

demanding that he and the Republikan Party refuse campaign contributions from any corporation or individual profitting from the conquest of I-raq.

All Dem presidential candidates should "take the pledge" as well.

[alaine]

4. Thanks for posting this...

It's good to have some good news among the bad.

[Dover]

5. EXCELLENT !!! These are the real culprits who are buying off our gov.

and they are the ones we need to target. It makes a lot more sense than marching on D.C.. The capitol is not where the real power is anymore.


I hope more groups will focus on both the energy and pharmaceuticals corporations (as well as WTO and the IMF) who are all waging various types and levels of war on the people of this planet.

[goforit]

7. I deinitely will support you guys!!!..........Action is everything!!!

It is absolutely appalling that these corporations have
not paid one dime toward this war!!!

It has come from our taxes and will continue to through
our huge deficit.

These corps. need to divee up there cash and pay for this atrocity!!!

They are all just bloody murderers!!!

Shame on them!!!

[dArKeR]

8. When will a Dem. strategist get a brain? We're 'Anti-Lie' not 'Anti-War'.

We're not 'Peace Activists' we're 'Truth Activists'.

This is what Dean should run as. That's the way to get votes. We can be tough if it's just.

http://darker0darker.tripod.com/

[Generic Other]

9. Those who drummed for war should pick up the whole tab

Every corporate shill, CEO and media whore. Bill them.

[JohnyCanuck]

10. You can see what the fuss is about. Here's some URLs

Found this link at whatreallyhappened.com. Here's a link to the site where you can purchase lithographs of the cards: http://www.thebushadministration.com/bush/

Here's a link to some of the freeper hate mail the guy received.

http://www.thebushadministration.com/bush/letters_anti.html
Sample:

and I see you're still selling the bigot cards you racist canadian puke.

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I see you're still selling your raciest crap you magotity canadian lump of
excrement.

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Why are you such an ignorant piece of shit? Notice how nobody wants
this garbage?


Great thing is that thanks to the freeperheads the guy is probably receiving way more publicity than if he had been left alone to flog his stuff on ebay without comment from the freeper gallery.