Finmeccanica Says Radios to Syria Ended as Revolt Began
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Finmeccanica SpA said the supply of its Tetra radio equipment to the Syrian regime was for non-military use, didn’t violate any existing sanctions and ended with the outbreak of civil unrest in the country.
Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks today published on its website correspondence that showed Selex Elsag, a division of Finmeccanica, delivered 500 radio sets to Syrian police in May 2011 in the Damascus suburb of Muadamia. Protests began in Syria in March 2011.