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Article

24 Mar 2005

Author:
William Baue, SocialFunds.com

Caterpillar Bulldozes Shareowner Concern Over Aiding Alleged Israeli War Crimes

...a shareowner resolution filed by Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) members [asks] Caterpillar to report on whether bulldozer sales to IDF [Israel Defense Forces] comply with its Code of Worldwide Business Conduct..."[M]ore than two million Caterpillar machines and engines are at work in virtually every country and region of the world each day," the statement [by Caterpillar on the use of its bulldozers by IDF] reads. "We have neither the legal right nor the means to police individual use of that equipment."