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Bizzy | 12.06.2005 20:06
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pathetic smear
12.06.2005 22:48
Rickman, who put you up to this - David Jones, MD of EDO or their freedom-hating lawyer Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden? Or are you just another idiot who believes in defending baby-killing arm's companies?
FtP
boring disinformation redux
12.06.2005 23:13
He tells us that:
" Of late DRS have been having a tough time, sales have not been good because of the successs of MBM. It seems that somebody decided that a little trouble for MBM could be good for DRS."
Which doesn't quite pan out in the real world:
"On November 5th, DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:DRS - News) reported record financial results for the second quarter and six-month period ended September 30, 2004. Fiscal 2005 second quarter results included significant gains in revenues, operating income, net earnings and earnings per share. A second quarter record in new orders for products and services increased funded backlog at the end of the period to an all-time high."
and
"For the first six months of fiscal 2005, DRS posted record revenues of $628.8m, 68 percent above revenues of $373.4m for the same period last year. Higher revenues for the first half were primarily attributable to the addition of sales from the IDT acquisition operations and organic growth primarily associated with the company's Naval display workstations, ship sensor systems, data link and other communications systems, Naval electric drive and other power systems, U.S. and international army tactical computer systems, airborne, ground-based and maritime thermal imaging systems, and infrared assemblies product lines."
http://www.battle-technology.com/this_issue05i.html
It took me a whole minute to google that..........
The suggestion that the campaign is run against one arms company to help the failing sales of another arms company is laughable for anyone who has met the injunctees or others who operate under the smashEDO banner, or been to any of the smashEDO actions or meetings.
Neither does "Alan Permain" appear as am officer or director of DRS Technologies:
http://www.drs.com/corporateInfo/directors.cfm
http://www.drs.com/corporateInfo/officers.cfm
In fact the only "Alan Permain" that google comes up with is a lecturer at a British University ...............
It appears that the smashEDO banner is having some success if stories like this have to be invented to diss the campaign.
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