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  • Is CAT selling weapons of war?(Hang on to your cookies)

    05/18/2004 12:06:06 PM PDT · by Cuttnhorse · 32 replies · 273+ views
    Mineweb.com ^ | '18-MAY-04 07:00' | Dorothy Kosich
    RENO, NV (Mineweb.com) -- Nearly a year ago, this reporter called an old friend, who was the chairman and chief exectuive of Caterpillar (CAT) at the time. During the call, the executive expressed his concern and frustration about the use of CAT equipment by Israel’s military to bulldoze Palestinian settlements. There was no way he would support or in any way condone the use of the equipment to violate human rights. But, thus far, he was helpless to stop it. As far as we were concerned, the most complicated issue was: How can a company control a buyer’s use of...