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Feds investigating Blackwater’s silencer exports.

Federal agents are currently “investigating allegations that the Blackwater USA security firm illegally exported dozens” of firearms sound suppressors — commonly known as silencers — “to Iraq and other countries for use by company operatives.” Experts who spoke to NBC News “say it is not clear why Blackwater guards would need them for missions such as personal protection of diplomats.” Blackwater is currently facing other investigations for murder, tax evasion and small arms smuggling.

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