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[[Pocal Industries]] is US arms company which has manufactured mortar training ammunition since 1981.<ref>[http://www.pocal.com/Index-2.html Welcome to Pocal Industries, Inc.], Pocial Industries, accessed 27 October 2011.</ref> | [[Pocal Industries]] is US arms company which has manufactured mortar training ammunition since 1981.<ref>[http://www.pocal.com/Index-2.html Welcome to Pocal Industries, Inc.], Pocial Industries, accessed 27 October 2011.</ref> | ||
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| + | The ''New York Times'' reported in 1983 that [[Shlomo Zabludowicz|Shlomo]] and [[Chaim Zabludowicz]], "own Pocal Industries, a Pennsylvania company set up in September 1981 to buy the patent rights to mortar training rounds and a small plant where the rounds are developed."<ref>Jeff Gerth, AIDE URGED PENTAGON TO CONSIDER WEAPONS MADE BY FORMER CLIENT, New York Times, 17 April 1983.</ref> | ||
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| + | In 1995, Pocal Industries gave $5,000 to the defence fund of [[Joseph M. McDade]], a Republican congressman who was due to go on trial Sept. on charges of conspiracy, racketeering and acceptance of illegal gratuities from defense contracts seeking government business.<ref>Andrea Foster, MCDADE DEFENSE BRINGS IN MONEY FROM DOCTORS, LOBBYISTS, BUSINESS, States News Service, 14 June 1995.</ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:30, 28 October 2011
Pocal Industries is US arms company which has manufactured mortar training ammunition since 1981.[1]
The New York Times reported in 1983 that Shlomo and Chaim Zabludowicz, "own Pocal Industries, a Pennsylvania company set up in September 1981 to buy the patent rights to mortar training rounds and a small plant where the rounds are developed."[2]
In 1995, Pocal Industries gave $5,000 to the defence fund of Joseph M. McDade, a Republican congressman who was due to go on trial Sept. on charges of conspiracy, racketeering and acceptance of illegal gratuities from defense contracts seeking government business.[3]
People
- Vince Fedele - President[4]
Notes
- ↑ Welcome to Pocal Industries, Inc., Pocial Industries, accessed 27 October 2011.
- ↑ Jeff Gerth, AIDE URGED PENTAGON TO CONSIDER WEAPONS MADE BY FORMER CLIENT, New York Times, 17 April 1983.
- ↑ Andrea Foster, MCDADE DEFENSE BRINGS IN MONEY FROM DOCTORS, LOBBYISTS, BUSINESS, States News Service, 14 June 1995.
- ↑ Pocal Industries, Pennsylvania Department of State.
