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protect freedom impeach bush now Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-03 02:11 PM
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Carlyle Group tops $1B. The BFEE cashes in on Iraq WAR
Carlyle Group tops $1B

Everything bartcop said would happen, has

Click Here
http://www.newsday.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=ny-bzcarl053402885aug05§ion=%2Fbusiness%2Fprintedition


Excerpt:
Carlyle Group Inc., a private equity firm whose senior executives include former U.S. cabinet members and ex-President George H.W. Bush, has turned a $180-million 1997 investment in
United Defense Industries Inc. into $1.2 billion.

Carlyle yesterday sold shares worth $270 million in United Defense, which makes the Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well as artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and munitions. Carlyle has sold almost $500 million in shares of the company in public offerings since 2001, pocketed about $350 million in dividends before the company went public, and still owns about $350 million of stock,
according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings..


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...and all they needed was a fake war to make that billion.

Plus, this doesn't include the Iraqi oil they're stealing every day,
it doesn't include all the Halliburton money,
it doesn't include all the black budget CIA money, and
...don't forget the Treasury is empty and we're trillions in debt.






And it's all because the Democrats are too afraid to stand up and say, "That's enough!"


Meanwhile, the press wants to know if Roger Clinton used his family name to make a little money...



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