Follow the Money - Who Profits from War?

You'd think with all the information flowing around the world, that some of the killing would go down. I can't help but wonder if making money off selling arms and ammunition to nearly all comers helps fuel the countless deaths?

clipped from thewip.net The Human Cost of Unregulated Arms Trade • Binalakshmi speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, July 2009. Photograph courtesy of Benoit Muracciole. • In July I spoke before the United Nations General Assembly in honor of the tens of thousands of people who have lost their lives to gun violence in my part of the world. The very fact that I spoke before such an influential decision-making body is testimony to how I, and millions of others worldwide, have survived violence caused by unregulated arms trade and have chosen a life dedicated to the cause of peace. Recent research has identified 1,135 companies manufacturing arms and ammunition in at least 98 countries