Union Beverage Company
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Union Beverage Company is a medium-size American business based in the State of Illinois.[1] A captive held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, named Sami Al Hajj, is detained, in part, because he once worked for Union Beverage Company, which American intelligence officials assert has ties to Islamic terrorism.[2]
The Illinois based Union Beverage Company is a corporate sponsor of the Shoah Foundation commemorating the tragedy of victims of the Nazi holocaust.[1]
Glazer's Distributors, also of Chicago Illinois, exercised its right to buy 100% of the shares of the Union Beverage Company, on August 7, 2006.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Union Beverage Company of Illinois corporate site. Retrieved on 2006-05-30.
- ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 121
- ^ "Glazer's Exercises Right to Purchase Union Beverage Company", Wine Business, August 7, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
