Los ntawm Cristina Corbin, FoxNews.com.
IOMAX tsim lub Archangel, duab ntawm no, los ntawm kev hloov cov qoob loo cog qoob loo rau hauv cov dav hlau riam phom nrog cov cuab yeej siv thev naus laus zis. (IOMAX)
Ib tus neeg sawv cev hauv North Carolina tab tom hu xovtooj rau kev sojntsuam txog qhov muaj peev xwm $ 418 lab daim ntawv cog lus ntawm Kenya thiab tus kws lij choj tseem ceeb hauv tebchaws Meskas tau tshaj tawm rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Obama hnub kawg hauv chaw ua haujlwm - qhov kev cog lus uas tus tsim cai lij choj tau hais txog kev ua phem.
Republican Rep. Ted Budd xav kom tsoomfwv Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg los tshawb xyuas qhov kev pom zoo ntawm lub tebchaws African thiab New York-based L3 Technologies rau kev muag 12 lub dav hlau tiv thaiv ciam teb. Nws hais tias nws xav paub yog vim li cas ib lub tuam txhab me me qub qub hauv North Carolina - uas tshwj xeeb hauv kev tsim cov dav hlau no - tsis suav tias yog cov chaw tsim khoom.
IOMAX USA Inc., nyob rau hauv Mooresville thiab nrhiav tau los ntawm US Army qub tub rog, tau muab los tsim Kenya lub dav hlau riam phom rau kwv yees li $ 281 lab - pheej yig dua li qhov nws cov neeg sib tw, L3, muag lawv rau.
Budd hais rau Fox News tias "Muaj qee yam tsw tsw phem ntawm no," Budd hais rau Fox News. "Lub US Air Force hla dhau IOMAX, uas muaj 50 ntawm cov dav hlau no twb ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv Middle East."
"Lawv tau txais kev cog lus nyoos," Budd hais txog Kenya, uas tau thov los ntawm Asmeskas 12 lub dav hlau riam phom hauv nws kev tawm tsam cov pab pawg neeg phem Al-Shabaab nyob ze nws ciam teb sab qaum teb.
"Peb xav kho peb cov phooj ywg zoo li Kenya ncaj ncees," nws hais. "Thiab peb xav paub vim li cas IOMAX tsis raug txiav txim siab."
(IOMAX ua haujlwm ntawm nws lub dav hlau Archangel ntawm lub Hoobkas hauv Albany, Ga.)
Ib tus kws tshaj lij ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg tsis tau teb rau qhov kev thov tawm tswv yim txog qhov kev pom zoo.
Ib lub hauv paus nrog kev paub txog kev sib tham tau hais rau Fox News qhov kev pabcuam tau txhim kho nrog Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Lub Xeev tau tsawg kawg ib xyoos thiab nws cov lus tshaj tawm rau Obama hnub kawg hauv chaw ua haujlwm yog "kev sib tsoo dawb huv."
L3, lub sijhawm no, tau lees paub qhov kev lees paub ntawm kev nyiam nyob rau hauv nws qhov kev pom zoo nrog Kenya - uas tau pom zoo los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees, tsis yog Tsev Dawb - thiab thawb rov qab rau cov lus ceeb toom nws tsis tau tsim lub dav hlau no.
"Txhua qhov kev iab liam nug L3 qhov kev paub dhau los tsim cov khoom siv no lossis 'kev ncaj ncees' ntawm cov txheej txheem raug qhia tsis raug lossis raug txhob txwm ua rau muaj kev sib tw," lub tuam txhab tau hais hauv nqe lus rau Fox News.
"L3 tsis ntev los no tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm US State Department rau kev muag khoom rau Kenya ntawm cov dav hlau thiab lwm yam kev txhawb nqa, suav nrog Air Tractor AT-802L dav hlau," tus neeg cog lus loj tau hais. "L3 tau xa ntau lub dav hlau ya dav hlau ua haujlwm, uas zoo ib yam li peb muab rau Kenya thiab tau lees paub tag nrho rau airworthiness los ntawm ob daim ntawv pov thawj FAA Ntxiv thiab US Air Force tub rog hom ntawv pov thawj."
"L3 yog tib lub tuam txhab nrog lub dav hlau uas muaj ntawv pov thawj," L3 hais.
Tab sis Ron Howard, tus tub rog Asmeskas tub rog qub tub rog uas tau pib IOMAX hauv 2001, tau hais tias, "Peb tsuas yog tib leeg xwb" ua cov dav hlau tshwj xeeb uas Kenya tau thov.
IOMAX lub Hoobkas hauv Albany, Ga., hloov cov qoob loo cog qoob loo rau hauv cov dav hlau tiv thaiv nrog cov riam phom xws li Hellfire missiles nrog rau cov khoom siv soj ntsuam. Lub dav hlau riam phom hu ua Archangel, Howard hais tias, thiab tuaj yeem tua lossis foob pob nrog qhov tseeb ntawm 20,000 ko taw.
"Lub dav hlau tshwj xeeb yog tsim los kom nyob ntsiag to thiab hnov tsis tau," Howard hais rau Fox News. Nws hais tias IOMAX muaj ntau yam twb tau ua haujlwm hauv Middle East - yuav los ntawm United Arab Emirates thiab xa mus rau lwm lub tebchaws hauv cheeb tsam, xws li Jordan thiab Egypt.
IOMAX muaj 208 tus neeg ua haujlwm, ib nrab yog cov qub tub rog Asmeskas, Howard tau hais.
Thaum Lub Ob Hlis, Robert Godec, Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Meskas rau Kenya, tau hais tias, "Cov txheej txheem kev muag khoom tub rog Asmeskas xav tau kev ceeb toom ntawm US Congress thiab tso cai rau pawg saib xyuas thiab cov neeg sib tw ua lag luam muaj sijhawm los tshuaj xyuas tag nrho cov pob ua ntej nws muab rau cov neeg yuav khoom."
Godec tau hais tias tsoomfwv Kenyan tsis tau kos npe rau ib qho kev pom zoo los yuav cov dav hlau los ntawm Asmeskas thiab hu cov txheej txheem tab tom ua "pob tshab, qhib, thiab tsim nyog."
"Qhov kev muag tub rog muaj peev xwm no yuav ua tiav tag nrho raws li cov cai thiab cov cai tsim nyog," nws hais. "Lub tebchaws United States sawv nrog Kenya hauv kev tawm tsam kev ua phem."
Lo lus teb
Yog li Kenya es tsis txhob siv nyiaj los pab cov tsiaj txhu thiab lwm yam nrog kev kub ntxhov uas ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov tshwm sim qee zaum, lawv siv nyiaj ntawm caj npab los ntawm Asmeskas, - kev nyiam Amelikas thaum nws los cuam tshuam rau lwm lub tebchaws. Puas yog cov caj npab no yuav raug siv tawm tsam lawv tus kheej lossis cov neeg Somalians tuaj hla ciam teb raws li twb tau tshwm sim hauv kev kub ntxhov zuj zus?