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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 08:43 AM Jun 2016

I won't stop talking about cluster bombs. The cluster bomb hall of shame

The Defense Department

Republicans and a handful of Democrats in Congress

And this:

More than 150 financial institutions including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America invested $28bn in companies that produce cluster bombs despite an international ban, according to a new report by the Netherlands-based peace organization PAX.

The report includes a “Hall of Shame”, a list of 158 banks, pension funds and other financial institutions that have invested in cluster munitions producers since June 2012, according to the 2016 report, titled Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions: A Shared Responsibility. The leading financial investors come from 14 countries including the United States, Canada and the UK, and include the investment firms China Everbright Group and T Rowe Price.

Cluster bombs are banned under international law by the Convention on Cluster Munitions, a 2008 Oslo treaty which was signed by more than 100 countries. The convention was the result of a years-long campaign against the weapons, which kill indiscriminately.

A majority of the institutions on the list are from countries that have not signed the convention, including the United States, China and South Korea.

However, the report notes that several financial institutions are from signatory countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Germany.

The report calls for all of the financial institutions to sever all financial links with companies involved in cluster munitions productions and develop divestment policies that apply to all aspects of their business, including commercial banking, investment banking and asset management.

“It is an absolute outrage that financial institutions are investing billions into companies that produce weapons which are banned under international law,” Suzanne Oosterwijk, the author of the report, said in a statement. “Canada has also banned these weapons. It is time for financial institutions to stop disregarding the international norm with these explosive investments into producers of illegal weapons that maim and kill civilians.”

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read:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/16/jp-morgan-bank-of-america-cluster-bomb-investors-hall-of-shame

http://abcnews.go.com/US/house-oks-ongoing-cluster-bomb-sales-saudi-arabia/story?id=39931315

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I won't stop talking about cluster bombs. The cluster bomb hall of shame (Original Post) cali Jun 2016 OP
kick for issues. cali Jun 2016 #1
Two, two days. Ah ah ah! Fumesucker Jun 2016 #2
If it isn't down now, I expect to really be after the policy shift Hydra Jun 2016 #5
Hillary Clinton stands with Obama in support of cluster bombs. Shameful Arazi Jun 2016 #3
Everyone should be talking about cluster bombs and other horrible things until they go away Hydra Jun 2016 #4

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
2. Two, two days. Ah ah ah!
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 10:16 AM
Jun 2016


Because you know they want to say that.

I found out even before I came to DU that if you drop a real turd in the punch bowl a lot of people will pretend it's transparent and odorless. The bigger and stinkier the turd the more people who can't see or smell it.

Is it just me or is DU participation down lately?

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
5. If it isn't down now, I expect to really be after the policy shift
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 10:53 AM
Jun 2016

It'll be hard to get real news here if the banhammer comes down on anything involving Team Clinton, as that now includes the Bush Admin and people like Kissinger. That covers pretty much everything in establishment news.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
4. Everyone should be talking about cluster bombs and other horrible things until they go away
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 10:50 AM
Jun 2016

That includes the Bush Administration and their policies.

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