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Blackwater likely to be fined millions in Iraq weapons case黑水公司可能被罰款數百萬美元的伊拉克武器情況 Thursday, November 13th, 2008 星期四, 08年十一月13日 By通過 Warren Strobel沃倫史特羅貝爾 | The State Department is preparing to slap a multi-million dollar fine on private military contractor Blackwater USA for shipping hundreds of automatic weapons to Iraq without the necessary permits. |美國國務院正準備打一個多萬美元的罰款私人軍事承包商美國黑水航運數以百計的自動武器向伊拉克沒有必要的許可證。 Some of the weapons are believed to have ended up on the country’s black market, department officials told McClatchy, but no criminal charges have been filed in the case.一些武器被認為已經結束了該國的黑市,部門官員告訴麥克拉奇,但沒有刑事起訴已提交的案件。 The expected fine is the result of a long-running federal investigation into whether employees of the firm shipped weapons hidden in shrink-wrapped pallets from its Moyock, NC headquarters to Iraq, where Blackwater is the State Department’s largest personal security contractor.預計罰款的原因是長時間運行的聯邦調查員工是否該公司已發運武器隱藏在收縮包裝托盤從Moyock ,數控總部伊拉克,黑水公司是國務院的最大的人身安全承包商。 Since the arms shipment allegations first became public 14 months ago, Blackwater, which has received $1.2 billion in federal contracts, according to the Web site fedspending.org, has consistently denied involvement in illicit arms trafficking.由於這批軍火的指控首次成為公眾在14個月前,黑水,已收到12億美元的聯邦合同,根據該網站fedspending.org ,始終否認參與非法武器販運。 However, the State Department found that Blackwater shipped 900 weapons to Iraq without the paperwork required by arms export control regulations, one department official said.然而,美國國務院認為,黑水900武器運往伊拉克的文件所規定的武器出口管制條例,一個部門的官員說。 Of that number, 119 were “particularly … erroneous,” he said.其中, 119人“ ,特別是...錯誤的, ”他說。 He and the other officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because the decision hasn’t been announced.他和其他官員的條件不願透露姓名的決定尚未公佈。 Federal laws require obtaining a license before exporting military hardware, including automatic weapons, overseas.聯邦法律要求獲得許可證之前,出口軍事裝備,包括自動武器,在海外。 Blackwater spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell said Wednesday that the company had “not been informed of an intent to impose a fine, however … we have been cooperating with the government to respond to inquiries into our export processes.”黑水公司發言人Anne泰瑞爾週三表示,該公司已“沒有被告知的意圖處以罰款,但...我們一直在配合政府應對調查我國出口的進程。 ” The State Department’s “resolution of export matters with other significant defense contractors, such as Boeing, L-3, Lockheed-Martin and General Dynamics has typically resulted in some payment” to the government, she said in an e-mail exchange.國務院的“決議事項的出口與其他重要的國防承包商,如波音公司,與L - 3 ,洛克希德馬丁公司和通用動力公司通常導致一些付款”的政府,她說在一封電子郵件交流。 Blackwater last month announced what it billed as a major new initiative to ensure that the company complies with rules for exporting military hardware.黑水公司上個月宣布它視為一項新的重大舉措,以確保該公司符合規則的出口軍事裝備。 Saying that “our company has experienced remarkable growth in the last few years,” Blackwater CEO Erik Prince said: “This growth, our work for the US Government around the world, and the nature of the services we offer have created compliance challenges.”他說: “我們公司經歷了顯著的增長在過去幾年中, ”黑水公司首席執行官埃里克王子說: “這增長,我們的工作,美國政府在世界各地,並且服務的性質,我們提供了創建遵守的挑戰。 ” Blackwater said it created the position of Vice President of Export Compliance and created a three-person independent oversight committee whose members include former US Rep. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark.黑水公司說,它創造的立場,副總統的遵守和出口創造了一個3人獨立的監督委員會,其成員包括美國前眾議員阿薩哈欽森的R -方舟。 The amount of the planned fine couldn’t be learned, but one State Department official said it was “way in the millions.” The official said the fine could be announced as early as this week.數額的罰款計劃不能教訓,但美國國務院官員說,這是“在數以百萬計。 ”這位官員說,罰款可宣布,最早將在本週。 A second official, however, cautioned that it’s not imminent.第二次正式,但警告說,這不是迫在眉睫。 Jay Greer, a spokesman for the State Department Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, which implements defense export controls, declined comment.格里爾傑的一位發言人國務院主席團的政治軍事事務部,負責執行國防出口管制,拒絕對此發表評論。 The weapons case became public in September 2007 as part of a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee inquiry into then-State Department inspector general Howard Krongard.這些武器案件成為公眾在2007年9月的一部分,眾議院監督及政府改革委員會的調查,當時的國務院督察長霍華德Krongard 。 The Raleigh, NC, News & Observer, a McClatchy newspaper, first reported that two former Blackwater employees, Kenneth Wayne Cashwell and William Ellsworth “Max” Grumiaux, had pleaded guilty to weapons charges and were cooperating with federal prosecutors in North Carolina.在北卡州Raleigh ,新聞與觀察,一個麥克拉奇報紙,第一次報導,兩名前黑水僱員,肯尼思韋恩Cashwell和威廉埃爾斯沃思“最大”小提琴,認罪武器的指控,並與聯邦檢察官在北卡羅萊納州。 What became of the weapons may never be known.什麼是武器可能永遠不會知道。 Iraq has a brisk black market for weapons.伊拉克有一個活躍的黑市武器。 Pentagon probes have found that Defense Department-supplied weapons intended for Iraq’s security forces were diverted.五角大樓探測器發現,國防部提供的武器對伊拉克安全部隊挪作他用。 The Turkish government has complained that some ended up in the hands of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which Washington and Ankara consider a terrorist group.土耳其政府一直抱怨說,一些收高手中的庫爾德工人黨,或庫爾德工人黨,華盛頓和安卡拉考慮一個恐怖組織。 Blackwater employees are also the subjects of a Justice Department probe into the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square on Sept. 16, 2007.黑水公司的僱員也主體司法部調查殺害伊拉克平民17日在巴格達Nisoor廣場9月16日, 2007年。 That incident sparked outrage over the actions of private military contractors and forced the State Department to impose tighter rules on the contractors.這起事件引發的行動私營軍事承包商和強迫國務院實行更加嚴格的規定對承包商。 A federal grand jury is weighing whether to indict the Blackwater guards who were involved in the killings.一個聯邦大陪審團正在考慮,是否起訴黑水警衛誰參與了屠殺。 Have Your Say: Blackwater likely to be fined millions in Iraq weapons case 你說:黑水可能被罰款數百萬美元的伊拉克武器情況 Please read our請仔細閱讀我們的 posting guidelines before posting張貼在發布前的指導方針 . 。 Alternatively或者 you can discuss this report here你可以討論這份報告在這裡 . 。 Related News 相關新聞
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