Blackwater To Be Fined For Illegal Weapons Shipments to Iraq

Source: MotherJones Blog

Blackwater Worldwide is facing a “multimillion-dollar” fine from the State Department for allegedly shipping illegal weapons to its contractors in Iraq, McClatchy reports. The fine could be levied in the next few days. State officials charge that Blackwater, which holds a lucrative personnel-protection contract for US diplomats in Iraq, hid the arms inside shrink-wrapped pallets that were shipped directly from the company’s sprawling Moyock, North Carolina, headquarters. About 900 weapons were sent to Iraq without permits, 119 of which were especially “erroneous,” says a State Department official familiar with the shipments. Some of the weapons are thought to have wound up on Iraq’s thriving black market.

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