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Andy_Stephenson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 01:09 PM
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Feds Search U.S. Firms in Iran Arms Case
WASHINGTON - Federal authorities on Thursday searched 18 U.S. businesses as part of a probe into arms shipments to Iran including components for fighter jets, missiles and other weapons.



Agents with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Defense Criminal Investigative Service also served seven grand jury subpoenas on the firms but made no arrests.

The companies are suspected of violating the Arms Export Control Act by supplying prohibited military items to a London-based front company linked to the Iranian military. These include parts for Hawk missiles, F-14 Tomcat and F-4 Phantom fighters, C-130 Hercules transport planes and military radar.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030710/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iran_arms_shipments_3
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Brian Sweat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 01:31 PM
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1. How in the hell do these companies get ahold of these parts?
Aren't the highly regulated?
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