22-yr-old had $300M arms contract with Pentagon


	22-yr-old had $300M arms contract with Pentagon

masbury

4-29-2008 1:35 AM

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humor, military, pentagon, contracts

masbury says:

Ho ho! The news is amusing tonight!

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4-29-2008 10:10 AM

ratilfar

The road to "victory" is bankrupting a nation...nice!

4-29-2008 11:07 AM

Yassin_M

Pleas read the name carefully to know why he is israily

4-29-2008 12:53 PM

deb2012

wow-- why am I surprised, again, at govt. mismanagement of my hard earned money....silly me

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