4/22: Now that Saddam Hussein's regime has fallen and a colonial regime will most likely set in, anti-war demonstrators have altered the focus of their wrath. Reports have indicated that upwards of 40 people have been arrested after blockading the entrances to Lockheed Martin.
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Lockheed Martin (with a 24% share of U.S. arms exports) is the world's largest arms exporting company. Former company CEO Norman Augustine was a major lobbyist on behalf of the more than $7 billion per year in grants and subsidized loans that the U.S. government provides to U.S. arms exporters each year to help them hawk their products around the world.
Lockheed Martin's most lucrative export item is the F-16 combat aircraft. The company has sold over 3,000 F-16s to overseas customers since the mid-1970s, and the client list for the plane includes Israel, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Egypt, and Venezuela. In late 2001, the company won what has been touted as "the largest defense contract in history," a $19 billion development contract for the $200 billion Joint Strike Fighter program. Potential customers are Germany, Turkey and Israel in addition to the U.S. and UK Armed forces. read more