Protesters force Caterpillar to cut annual meeting short

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"A handful of protesters waving Palestinian flags and chanting "Take responsibility and do the right thing" on Wednesday disrupted the annual meeting of Caterpillar Inc., prompting the company to adjourn 30 minutes early.

The disruption came after the Peoria, Illinois-based heavy construction and mining equipment manufacturer had reaffirmed its full-year sales and earnings outlook and voted on all shareholder proposals tabled for the meeting.

The protesters, who oppose Caterpillar's sale of tractors that are used by the Israeli Army to demolish the homes of Palestinian civilians, were quickly hustled out of the remote country club conference centre 65 kilometres west of Chicago.

Ironically, Caterpillar had moved its annual meeting to the small town of St. Charles from Chicago last year, in part to avoid protests that have marred that event in recent years."

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/business/story.html?id=b81bd93a-bd7b-4425-8b03-baf3f23649e6

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1. Has anyone every shown that CAT sold the equipment directly to Israel?

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2. These protesters are fools

Caterpillar makes CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT , and has no control over it's use (or misuse).
Having Cat stop sales to Israel will serve NO Purpose!
The Israelis would simply buy heavy equipment from Europe or Japan or whoever.
Causing Cat employees to lose their jobs would be the ONLY result or Cat acquiescing to these protesters ludicrous demands , other than that nothing whatsoever would change.

These people protesting Caterpillar REALLY need to get a sense of proportion.