No War profits in this economy, no sir!

[pynchonoid]

fq: "Whoever said war was good for the economy?"

It's certainly good for Halliburton, Bechtel, the
helicopter & missile & ammo & bomb makers, et. al. who
don't onating their products and services to the War
effort for free. 

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade/story/0,10674,1038617,00.html>

£1m police operation guards London arms fair 

Agencies 
Tuesday September 9, 2003 



[...] 
Outside the Excel Centre, protesters objected to the
presence of nations accused of human rights abuses.
Inside the exhibition hall, military officials and
defence ministers from a number of countries including
Algeria, Angola, Colombia, Pakistan and India were
expected to see exhibits from some 950 companies. The
show ends on Friday. 

The event will showcase a range of military hardware
from around the globe to an elite group of buyers. Six
warships will be docked alongside the centre and a
Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighter and an Apache attack
helicopter will be in the exhibition hall. 

Several companies plan to show details of systems that
can be installed on civil aircraft to confuse
surface-to-air missiles.

[...]  


"Defence brings £5bn a year to the UK and benefits
between 70,000 and 100,000 jobs." 

The UK is the world's second largest arms exporter,
with about a fifth of contracts placed globally,
compared with 32% held by the US.

[...] 



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