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Quits job over sale to US cluster-bomb maker
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2-13-2008 2:36 PM
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Alliant Techsystems (ATK), based in MN, makes cluster bombs, depleted uranium shells and landmines
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2-13-2008
2:59 PM
nobelprize4peace
One guy who does the right thing.
2-13-2008
3:57 PM
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The man is a hero of all humans.
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/13/7034/"><P>A man from Beckley has made headlines in Canada for quitting his job.For three years, Paul Cottle worked as an engineer at MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, an information solutions company in British Columbia.<A title="0213 03" href="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/wp-content/photos/0213_03.jpg"><IMG width="230" vspace="10" hspace="10" height="226" border="0" align="right" alt="0213 03" src="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/wp-content/photos/0213_03.jpg" /></A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/13/7034/"><P>In January, the CEO gathered all employees and told them half the company would be sold to Alliant Techsystems, a Minnesota-based arms manufacturer known as ATK.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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