CNN is reporting that the French cement company La Farge that has a plant on West Marginal Way in West Seattle is guilty of aiding terrorist organization ISIS. The company is pleading guilty and has agreed to pay a fine of $778 million.

CNN's story notes that the company released a statement “Lafarge SA and LCS have accepted responsibility for the actions of the individual executives involved, whose behavior was in flagrant violation of Lafarge’s Code of Conduct. We deeply regret that this conduct occurred and have worked with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve this matter.”

CNN's story explains that "The company’s dealings with the terrorist group were the subject of an internal investigation several years ago. At the conclusion of that probe, the corporation said that employees of a legacy company were paying off intermediaries without regard to the identity of the groups involved in order to keep operations running and the plant safe as violence escalated in the region."

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The West Seattle plant had been a "clinker" operation until 2010 when it changed to a cement grinding, blending and shipping operation.