Showing posts with label weapons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weapons. Show all posts

Sunday, April 10, 2011

The militarized economy does not balance the books

"Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms but with intellect and honorable purposes. "Eisenhower, in a speech to military and industrial complex, 1961 While we devote our love and our support to those who have been so terribly affected by the earthquake and tsunami, we must not allow this to distract the other shock tsunami directed toward us.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Libya, lean figure for all

In January, Libya has brought its share of shares in Finmeccanica 2 per cent and had outstanding € 800 million of contracts. And committed. L 'Ansaldo for two railway systems, which resulted in 16 Agusta helicopters and entered into joint venture with the Libyan government to assemble a new near Tripoli and then sell them all over the world, even though the law prohibits trading in '90 185 arms to countries at war and it is perfectly clear that he could take advantage of the Agusta-triangulation coverage offered by the Libyan state to export to areas of crisis and, finally, Selex Sistemi Integrati Marina Grossi in Guarguaglini that was making the electronic control of boundaries in southern Libya.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Accomplices

Suddenly breaks out the least expected of the riots in the Arab world, by far the most violent against the people of Libya's dictator Gaddafi. The world is witnessing a terrible spectacle: the political demonstrations of unarmed demonstrators were exterminated by military units mercenary. The United States condemns, even if the voice of the world's leading power is too weak.

Europe has said that what happens in Libya violates every principle of political and human and can not be accepted by any of the member countries. None? But Italy is linked to Libya's dictator, who is wiping out his people by a treaty which binds it to the point - it is said in Article 4 - "Italy is committed to refrain from any form of interference, direct or indirect , in the internal or external affairs affecting the jurisdiction.