Blackwater Weapon Found in Raid on Iraqi Insurgents
October 6th, 2008Via: ABC News:
An M4 machine gun [SIC] sent to Iraq by the Blackwater private security firm somehow disappeared from the company’s storage facility in Baghdad and was later discovered during a US military operation, apparently against suspected insurgents, people familiar with the situation have told ABC News.
The incident, in 2006, has been kept secret until now but it raised more questions about Blackwater’s operations in Iraq.
Allegations that Blackwater shipped weapons and silencers [SIC] to Iraq without proper licensing are already under investigation by a federal grand jury in North Carolina, according to people familiar with the case.
Blackwater says all of its weapons “are shipped in accordance with U.S. export control regulations.”
A separate federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. is investigating a shooting incident involving Blackwater guards that led to the deaths of 17 civilians. Indictments in that case could come as soon as next week, officials say.
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