Blue Herald
22
Sep
Blackwater in the News Again
by QuestionGirl • 12:08 am

Let’s see, killing innocent civilians…….an investigation into whether they smuggled weapons into Iraq to sell on the black market……yet we’re still bankrolling them.

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq that may have been sold on the black market and ended up in the hands of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, officials said Friday.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Raleigh, North Carolina, is handling the investigation with help from Pentagon and State Department auditors, who have concluded there is enough evidence to file charges, the officials told The Associated Press.

Blackwater is based in Moyock, North Carolina.

The U.S. attorney for the eastern district of North Carolina, George Holding, and a spokeswoman for Blackwater did not return calls seeking.

More at CNN



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