The name Blackwater first seriously entered the popular consciousness on September 17th 2007 when 17 Iraqi civilians were shot dead by Blackwater employees, working as ‘security contractors’, in an affluent neighbourhood of Baghdad. The Iraqi government’s investigation found that, contrary to the claims of the Blackwater corporation, the security contractors had not been attacked. A [...]
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Blackwater
Posted in Defence, Defence Economics, war on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stop civil servants pushing arms !
Posted in CAAT, DESO, Defence, Defence Economics, Defence Export Services Organisation, SHUT DESO, UK, UK government, activism, anti-arms, arms companies, arms trade, campaigning, central london, government, peace, protest on March 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Guestpost by Anne:
Hi its Anne here – a brand new CAAT volunteer. I’ve been down at the shut DESO (Defence Export Services Organisation) demonstration yesterday. DESO is a government agency which promotes the uk arms export business. It employs about 500 civil servants. About thirty people turned up which is great for a mid-morning, mid-week demo. DESO were holding their [...]
Introduction
Posted in Defence, Defence Economics, East Timor, Economics, Indonesia, activism, arms trade, campaigning, christian network, peace, protest, war on February 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hi, this is Sam here, just a quick post to make sure that everything is working as it should!
I’m Sam Perlo-Freeman, one of the editors of the CAAT blog. I’ve been involved in Campaign Against Arms Trade for about 11 years – I got involved in the issue through the issue of Britain’s arms sales [...]
