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Article: Russia's sale of military equipment worries feds
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2003
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department protested Sunday 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 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 direct threat
to coalition ...