US: Defense and oil company executives reap windfalls from Iraq war

Since September 11, 2001, and the Bush administration’s initiation of the "war on terror," inequality in the US has grown at a rapid rate and to grotesque proportions. The criminal nature of war on Iraq is reflected in every facet of American life, least surprisingly of all in the enormous fortunes of the ruling elite. Indeed, the current war, the most privatized in history, is viewed by a wide range of corporate executives and investors as an open-ended outsourcing opportunity...

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