URLs relating to increasing militarism in the United States in the wake of the events of 11 Sept 2001 and the "war on terror."
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Military-Nintendo complex- DISINFORMATION article by Douglas McDaniel (3 Oct 2001):Game designers frequently receive Pentagon funding and other assistance. Since turning Doom into Marine Doom, the Marine Corps Combat and Development Command has "evaluated more than 20 commercially available electronic games for their potential use as training tools for marines." Atari's BattleZone was used as a military training simulator. MAK Technologies created an amphibious assault game intended for military and commercial markets.pop
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War is hellishly profitable- DISINFORMATION article by Preston Peet (18 Oct 2001): Mercenaries are now managed by large corporations: Dyncorp currently has in excess of US$200 million with over 900 full time employees. MPRI is made up of retired military officers, with 160 full-time employees, a database of 11 000 former American military officers, and its spokesman, Ret. Lieutenant Harry Soyster, is the former head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency.pop
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