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Yair Klein ((ヘブライ語:יאיר קליין); also known as Jair Klein) is a former lieutenant colonel in the Israeli army, who established a private mercenary company called Spearhead Ltd. Through Spearhead Ltd, Klein provided arms and training to armed forces in South America, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone.〔''Democracy Now!'', (Who Is Israel's Yair Klein and What Was He Doing in Colombia and Sierra Leone? ), 1 June 2000.〕〔http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/wps/wcm/connect/3c38778042593e90a528a7b4da3fbcbb/Brief+Yair+Klein+-+ENG.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=3c38778042593e90a528a7b4da3fbcbb〕 Klein and his company have been accused of training the death-squads of drug traffickers and right-wing militias in Colombia in the 1980s.〔BBC, "(Colombia Seeks Israeli terrorist )", BBC Online 29 August 2007.〕 Klein was convicted by judicial authorities in Colombia for training several members of Colombian paramilitary groups and the militias of drug traffickers such as Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha and Pablo Escobar Gaviria in 1987. Klein was convicted in 2001 by a Colombian court, and the Colombian government made unsuccessful attempts to obtain his extradition from Israel. In a 2007 interview with Caracol TV, Klein claimed that he was sent to Colombia by request of the National Police in order to train its members, and stated that he was willing to go back and help destroy the FARC guerrillas. He also criticized the demobilization of the paramilitaries, saying it was "stupid" to do so while the guerrillas remained a threat.〔(Yet another premature baby, Yair Klein, García Márquez (video) )〕 Yair Klein spent 16 months in a Sierra Leone prison between 1999 and 2000 on charges that he was smuggling arms to rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). ==Guns for Antigua== (詳細はBruce Rappaport, was heavily involved in the Guns for Antigua scandal of 1989, helping Maurice Sarfati launder guns from Israel through Antigua to Colombia, intending to supply Israeli-made weapons to the Medellin Cartel. He was also intended to run the training school for mercenaries that was to be set up on Antigua through which the guns were to be laundered, however, the plan was exposed before this could be set up. Klein was put on trial for three counts of exporting military equipment and expertise without the requisite licenses at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court. Klein pleaded guilty and was convicted in late November 1990. During the trial, he explained that he pleaded guilty "to put an end to the witch hunt running rampant in some of the press, based on rumours and speculation which are harming the state and me." He claimed he had acted "in good faith and in the belief that my actions were within the law. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yair Klein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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