3/2/03

Is it 'privatizing', or 'plundering'?

The UK Ministry of Defense is on the verge of shifting its army from a governmental institution to a corporately owned and operated pay-per-view Murder, inc.

The Guardian/Observor lists some of the defense contractors -- the same ones that fully expect to mine this bonanza -- that have bilked the system already. Among them was, guess, Cheney's Halliburton.

The G/O gives an example:

· Halliburton, the oil and defence combine that US vice-president Dick Cheney worked for, was contracted to rebuild Devonport dockyard in Plymouth. Last December, an NAO report said the price had escalated from £505m to £933m and could be a lot more.

Can the US military be far behind?

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