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BAE Systems buys into continuing war strategy

BAE Systems are to hold an EGM this Friday, 13th May 2005, to finalise a merger valued at $4.2 billion with United Defense of the US. CAAT supporters will be attending the meeting to challenge members of the board. United Defense produce land and sea systems, foremost among them the Bradley fighting

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“Dirty Dozen” local authorities hold huge investments in arms company

LONDON: Campaign Against Arms Trade is publishing its annual survey of organisations with investments in arms companies, today Wednesday 30 March 2005 [1]. CAAT surveyed 99 local authority pension funds in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its Clean Investment Campaign 2005. Twelve local authority pension funds, dubbed The Dirty Dozen,

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New Parliamentary Arms Export Report: Concern at cuts in Government Department licensing arms Exports

LONDON: Campaign Against Arms Trade has welcomed the new report (published on 24 March) by the committee of MP’s which scrutinise arms exports[1]. The Committees on Strategic Export Controls (‘The Quadripartite Committee’)[2] expresses concern at planned cuts to the Export Control Organisation, the civil service organisation which licenses arms exports[3]. CAAT is instead suggesting

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UK arms companies market into Indonesian war zones

Today, Wednesday 24th November, Indonesia hosts its first ever arms fair in Jakarta, with over 250 companies attending [1] including UK based Rolls-Royce [2] and a subsidiary of BAE Systems, Atlas Elektronik [3]. Arms from UK based companies have been used against civilians and insurgents in the conflicts of West Papua and Aceh. Campaigners

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