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(649 posts)10 companies profiting most from war -War has been called the parent of armies, which are a root of debt and taxes. But armed conflict is profitable for those who supply the weapons.
http://money.msn.com/investing/10-companies-profiting-most-from-war
Ending War for Profit -It is a systemic problem for a democracy to link corporate profits and war-making, and it has metastasized as this war has been increasingly privatized (there are now more contractors than soldiers in Iraq). Good small-d democrats need to keep watch on current legislation, hold our representatives accountable and and demand that they take bolder action to bring this system to an end.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/29/4200
War, Profit, and the State -The state is the health of war
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/molyneux.php?articleid=8468
Global Arms Sales By Supplier Nations -The 5 UN Security Council permanent members are generally the largest arms dealers (though others such as Germany often feature quite high - higher than China for example):
http://www.globalissues.org/article/74/the-arms-trade-is-big-business
Just a few,. . try "google search" it takes keyword and returns articles.
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