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Article: State Department expresses concern about Russia's sale to Iraq of sensitive military equipment
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- AP Worldstream
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- March 24, 2003
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
The State Department protested that Russian companies sold sensitive
military equipment to Iraq in the run-up to U.S.-led war against Saddam
Hussein's regime.
One Russian firm is helping the Iraqi military deploy electronic jamming
equipment against U.S. planes and bombs, while two other Russian firms
have sold antitank missiles and thousands of night-vision goggles
in violation of United Nations sanctions, The Washington Post reported
in Sunday editions.
The State Department said Sunday it had raised the issue with senior
levels of the Russian government a number of times, particularly over
the past two weeks because the equipment could pose a ...