Bush Calls up Troops; Time to Call Your Broker? 1-800-MERCENARY

[CorpGovActivist]

"Make Money on the New Mercenary Army," by John D. Markman...

...another interesting article about how Halliburton/KBR, and other favored BushCo. war profiteers, stand to make out under THE SURGE: http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/investing/10333339.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

- Dave

[DemReadingDU]

1. yeh, big bucks for some companies

from the article

This has meant big bucks for a handful of little-known companies with Defense Department contracts. The most well-known of the bunch is privately held Blackwater USA, a secretive outfit run by a former Navy Seal that hires commandos from as far away as Chile, Bosnia and the Philippines to fight our wars and protect our diplomats. When four of its men lost their lives in an unusually savage attack in the Sunni stronghold of Fallujah three years ago, a spotlight was cast on the nasty business of private security forces. But since then, the attention has receded, and these companies' influence has grown.