Black Water Violations to be Probed by US Senate
Muhammad Javed Iqbal
Pakistan can deal with local, Afghan militants: US Pakistan can deal
with local, Afghan militants: US WASHINGTON: The US State Department
said on Friday that it had received ‘very serious allegations’ from
the US Senate against an American security firm formerly known as the
Blackwater.
The firm, now called the Xe Services, face stiff fines for gun running
if the charges are proved.
Earlier this week, Senator John Kerry, who heads the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, sent a letter to the State Department saying that
the committee had been told by a top US official that the company had
engaged in ‘broad violations’ of export laws and that the unlicensed
shipments ‘went beyond weapons for personal use’.
In the letter, Senator Kerry asked the State Department’s acting
inspector general to begin an investigation into the ‘continued
fitness’ of Xe Services to carry out contract work for the State
Department.
‘I’ll just confirm we received the letter’, State Department spokesman
Ian Kelly told a briefing in Washington. ‘The Office of the Inspector
General has the letter, and I’m sure the Secretary will see it as soon
as she gets back.’
The spokesman said that these were ‘very serious allegations’ and the
department hoped to learn more from the Senate panel about these
allegations.
The letter, he said, contained some new information but ‘we are not
aware of the specifics of these allegations’.
Meanwhile, the US media reported that Xe executives were already
talking to US government officials on this issue and their discussions
could lead to millions of dollars in penalties.
US government officials and former company employees told the media
that many of the violations involved arms shipments to Iraq, to outfit
company security guards operating inside the country.
In addition, other penalties could result from violations of licensing
requirements for the transfer of other forms of military technology
and training expertise to foreign countries.
Satish Kumar
wrote:
> Black Water Violations to be Probed by US Senate
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