copyright Kelly Ann Thomas, 2003
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FY 2004 US Defense Budget* (This does not inclued the cost of attack and occupation of Iraq.)
$379.9 billion - Pentagon
$ 16.9 billion - Department of Energy nuclear weapons activities
$ 2.4 billion - other (Coast Guard)
$399.1 billion - TOTAL
* Many black ops projects are disguised in the Agriculture, Transportation and HHS Budgets. It is not known how many billions of dollars move around through CIA-backed arm and drugs sales.
These numbers do not include the cost of (illegal) interest accrued during years of revenue shortfalls, nor does it include the negative economic impact of an economy built on violence and destruction.
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This is a victim of a depleted uranium tipped munition. DU weapons are banned by international law, but that has not deterred the United States from using them in Iraq. To date, the US has used 10 times more DU munitions than in the first attack on Iraq. How do weapons like this bring about peace on Earth? These weapons are the tools of tyrants.
