Anonymous Marks Bahrain Protest by Hacking U.S. Tear Gas Company - Global. USA repeatedly shipped arms supplies to Egyptian security forces. Combined Systems Company Portal. US firms shipped teargas to Egypt during crackdown, investigation reveals | World news. Two US companies have shipped crowd control munitions and teargas to Egypt – one firm repeatedly – in the midst of violent and often lethal crackdowns on protesters by security forces, according to an Amnesty International investigation. The human rights group has asked for Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, to stop granting export licences for teargas and other munitions, pending an investigation into its misuse by Egyptian forces.
Combined Systems Inc (CSI), based in Jamestown, Pennysylvania, has sent at least three arms deliveries to Egypt since the protests began in Tahrir Square on 25 January, according to Amnesty. The most recent delivery, addressed to the interior ministry, arrived in the port of Adabiya near Suez on 26 November, only 48 hours after days of bloody clashes between interior ministry troops and protesters left two dozen dead and thousands injured. The second company has not been identified. No-one at CSI was available for comment on Wednesday. Combined Systems Company Portal.