Difference between revisions of "Airscan"
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AirScan is an airborne security and surveilence company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 by two retired United States military officers<ref>About Airscan, [http://www.airscan.com/about.html About Us], AirScan.com, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref>. | AirScan is an airborne security and surveilence company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 by two retired United States military officers<ref>About Airscan, [http://www.airscan.com/about.html About Us], AirScan.com, Accessed 08-December-2009</ref>. | ||
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| + | According to Eric Watkins of the Oil & Gas Journal: | ||
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| + | :"In 2003, Alberto Galvis sought punitive damages from [[Occidental Petroleum]] for the deaths of his mother, a sister, and a cousin, who were among 18 civilians killed when a Colombian military helicopter dropped a bomb on a village near the Cano Limon Pipeline in an antiguerrilla operation. | ||
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| + | :Occidental was named in the lawsuit because pilots of AirScan (a security firm Occidental used to protect its oil interests) mapped targets for the Colombian military. | ||
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| + | :Occidental Petroleum denied any responsibility either for the bombing or for the deaths of the civilians"<ref>Eric Watkins, The extravagant allegation club, ''Oil & Gas Journal'', 10-August-2009, Accessed 08-December-2009 via Nexis UK</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 05:28, 9 December 2009
AirScan is an airborne security and surveilence company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 by two retired United States military officers[1].
Colombia
According to Eric Watkins of the Oil & Gas Journal:
- "In 2003, Alberto Galvis sought punitive damages from Occidental Petroleum for the deaths of his mother, a sister, and a cousin, who were among 18 civilians killed when a Colombian military helicopter dropped a bomb on a village near the Cano Limon Pipeline in an antiguerrilla operation.
- Occidental was named in the lawsuit because pilots of AirScan (a security firm Occidental used to protect its oil interests) mapped targets for the Colombian military.
- Occidental Petroleum denied any responsibility either for the bombing or for the deaths of the civilians"[2]
