Canadian Military Industries Aid and Abet Israeli War Crimes in Gaza

In response to Israel's bombardment of Gaza and the killing of hundreds of innocent children and other civilians in Gaza, the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) -- an Ottawa-based Canadian anti-war network -- has just produced a detailed research report exposing the deep complicity of Canadian military companies in the arming of Israel.

This report, called "Canada's Military Exports: Aiding and Abetting Israeli War Crimes in Gaza (2008-2009)" is now available online at the COAT website.

Consisting of nine detailed tables of data, COAT's report contains two main sections composed of tables detailing Canadian military companies linked to supplying the Israel armed forces: (1) Canadian Complicity in the production of Major US Weapons Systems used by Israel and (2) Direct Canadian Military Exports to Israel.

(1) Canadian Complicity in the production of Major US Weapons Systems used by Israel
COAT's new report names more than 50 Canadian military exporters that have supplied a wide range of essential components and/or services for the three major US weapons systems used by the Israeli Air Force. These weapons systems were employed by Israel during the recent aerial bombardments of Gaza which killed . The report documents Canadian contracts with hundreds of links to corporate and government sources for exports supplying Israel's two main varieties of fighter/bomber aircraft and its helicopter attack gunship:

	Table 1:   F-15 "Eagle" Canadian War Industries supplying Parts and/or Services for the F-15 "Eagle" Tactical Fighter/Bomber	This table compiles data on 31 Canadian military exporters and provides internet links to about 100 sources detailing their complicity in the production of the F-15 weapons system. About 70% of the companies named have been members of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).
	Table 2:   F-16 "Fighting Falcon" Canadian War Industries supplying Parts and/or Services for the F-16 "Fighting Falcon" Fighter/Bomber	This table compiles data on 39 Canadian military exporters and provides internet links to about 100 sources detailing their complicity in the production of the F-16 weapons system. About 60% of the companies named have been members of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).
	Table 3:  AH-64 "Apache" Canadian War Industries supplying Parts and/or Services for the AH-64 "Apache" Helicopter Gunship	This table compiles data on 18 Canadian military exporters and provides internet links to about 100 sources detailing their complicity in the production of the AH-64 weapons system. About 80% of the companies named have been members of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).
Table 4: Canadian War Industries Supplying Parts and/or Services for the three Major US Weapons Systems (F-15, F-16, AH-64) used by Israel		This table compiles data on the  53 different Canadian military exporters listed in the above three tables and provides contact information for all of the companies. About 70% of the companies named have been members of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).
	Table 5: Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investments (2003-2008) in Prime Contractors for 3 Major US Weapons systems used by Israel in Lebanon (2006) and Gaza (2008-2009)	This table details CPP investments since 2003 in Boeing and Lockheed Martin, the two prime contractors for the AH-64, F-15 and F-16. CPP investments increased from about $14 million in 2003-2005 to about $100 million in 2006-2008. This 16 fold increase occurred in 2006, the year of Israel's bombardment of Lebanon that killed more than 1100.

(2) Direct Canadian Military Exports to Israel
(a) COAT's report also lists about 150 Canadian military industries that have exported their products directly to Israel.

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Govt Programs - CMC example

CPP Investments in prime contractors

CANSEC

The government of Canada has not only lent diplomatic support for Israel's bombardments, it has played a major role in the military exports that equip Israel's military allowing it to conduct the recent massacres. Financing military companies through govt programs and the CPP.  This means that not only are those Cdns who work for these industries involved, all working Cdns are complicit through our taxes and CPP payements.

For more information, contact: Richard Sanders, Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)

AH-64 Table

F-15 Table

F-16 Table

Company Table

Export Experience-Israel

Actively Pursuing-Israel

Israeli Offices

CANSEC (table with all CANSEC linked companies from other tables. "Yes" in columns links to other tables for more details.