Who
are EDO?
Brighton-based
EDO MBM are a wholly owned subsidiary of EDO Corp,
a US-based arms multinational that is currently number 10 on the
Forbes 100 list of fastest growing companies.
EDO's military
products include bomb racks, release clips and arming mechanisms
for warplanes. They have contracts with the UK Ministry of 'Defence'
and US arms giant Raytheon relating to the release mechanisms
of the Paveway bomb system.

EDO MBM's supply
of weapons systems for the illegal aggression and subesquent war
crimes committed in Iraq makes their directors war criminals.
International law is very clear on this point, in the 1947 trial
of Bruno Tesch, a German industrialist, the court acted
"on
the principle that any civilian who is an accessory to a violation
of the laws and customs of war is himself also liable as a war
criminal".

Tesch was convicted
even though he did not supply products for specifically criminal
purpose, because he carried on supplying them when he became aware
they were being used to commit atrocities. Release mechanisms
may not be as 'glamourous' as warheads, but they are just as crucial
to the committing of the atrocities in Iraq. Dave Jones, EDO MBM's
Managing Director has said under oath that he is "fully aware"
of what his products are used for.

We have read
out testimonies from the survivors of the Fallujah massacre over
a megaphone outside EDO. We have shown pictures of those killed
or wounded by the bombing campaign. We have directed their attention
to the report in the Lancet which estimates over 100,000 civilians
have been killed, mostly by the Coalition bombing which EDO's
products make possible. Yet EDO continues its complicity...

. . . we will not
rest until these war criminals are brought to justice!
All pictures
of weapons systems on this page are taken unedited from EDO MBM's
website.
They claim they are not involved in bombing, but they seem happy
to boast about it to would-be customers. Have a look and decide
for yourself. The pictures beneath EDO's products are all from
post-invasion Iraq, from various reliable sources.
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