Top 10 War Profiteers
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Company |
Total Amount |
|
KBR Inc. (KBR, news, msgs) and Halliburton (HAL, news, msgs) |
$ 17,226,000,000 |
|
$ 1,444,000,000 |
|
|
$ 931,000,000 |
|
|
Environmental Chemical (munitions disposal) |
$ 878,000,000 |
|
International American Products (provides electricity to military camps) |
$ 759,000,000 |
|
|
$ 757,000,000 |
|
$ 650,000,000 |
|
|
Parsons |
$ 540,000,000 |
|
First Kuwaiti General Trading & Contracting |
$ 500,000,000 |
|
L-3 Communications (LLL, news, msgs) |
$ 359,000,000 |
Halliburton is currently under investigation by the Army.
Some of the investigations include:
- Poisoned water given to our troops
- Overcharging for meals
- Overcharging for gasoline:
- $1.4 BILLION in bogus charges:
- $1 BILLION overcharges:
U. S. Defense Contractors Profiteers
|
Company |
Total Amount |
|
$ 105,700,000,000 |
|
|
|
$ 89,400,000,000 |
|
Northrop Grumman (NOC, news, msgs) |
$ 61,800,000,000 |
|
General Dynamics (GD, news, msgs) |
$ 45,800,000,000 |
|
|
$ 42,500,000,000 |
|
|
$ 24,200,000,000 |
|
United Technologies (UTX, news, msgs) |
$ 22,500,000,000 |
|
Total defense contracts |
$ 1,174,700,000,000 |
Source: Who’s Profiting From the Iraq War?
Now match the war profiteers up with who owns the news. “The following are but a few of the corporate board interlocks for the big ten media giants in the US:”
New York Times: Caryle Group (another war profiteer), Eli Lilly, Ford, Johnson and Johnson, Hallmark, Lehman Brothers, Staples, Pepsi
Washington Post: Lockheed Martin, Coca-Cola, Dun & Bradstreet, Gillette,
G.E. Investments, J.P. Morgan, Moody’s
Knight-Ridder: Adobe Systems, Echelon, H&R Block, Kimberly-Clark, Starwood Hotels
The Tribune (Chicago & LA Times): 3M, Allstate, Caterpillar, Conoco Phillips, Kraft,
McDonalds, Pepsi, Quaker Oats, Shering Plough, Wells Fargo
News Corp (Fox): British Airways, Rothschild Investments
GE (NBC): Anheuser-Busch, Avon, Bechtel, Chevron/Texaco, Coca-Cola, Dell, GM, Home Depot, Kellogg, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft, Motorola, Procter & Gamble,
Disney (ABC): Boeing, Northwest Airlines, Clorox, Estee Lauder, FedEx, Gillette, Halliburton, Kmart, McKesson, Staples, Yahoo,
Viacom (CBS): American Express, Consolidated Edison, Oracle, Lafarge North America
Gannett: AP, Lockheed-Martin, Continental Airlines, Goldman Sachs, Prudential, Target,
Pepsi,
AOL-Time Warner (CNN): Citigroup, Estee Lauder, Colgate-Palmolive, Hilton
I’m sure there are more connections in there.
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My head hurts from all of this Sharon…it is time to go to another country SOON….
I 2nd the motion of Barbara. That is some sicken stuff. And DAMN the Democrats if they re-up MORE money for this. GROW A SPINE FOLKS! It really seems more and more like too many Dems are in on it.
Lu Cifer, do you mean they might be Bush Dog Democrats?
The real cost of the war based on 2006 data was $2.267 Trillion. This was estimated by Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics. This icludes long term care for the serious wounded & care for the families of the killed troops. Also replacement of the equiptment that is lost or just wore out. Other stated & hidden costs in the Fed budget for the war. Alos losses to Economy from what the disabled & dead could have added otherwise. Higher Oil prices as results of war. But Bush’s friends are making lots of money….