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To: LindyBill who wrote (55096)	10/28/2002 2:50:03 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Here's one for the efficacy of sanctions on Iraq. The Iraqis can get jet engines through sanctions to be repaired in BOSNIA, right in the lap of Europe, and North Korea can smuggle ballistic missile engines to Egypt, through sanctioned Libya, and Serbia can sell Iraq SAMs... But it's implausible that Iraq could smuggle in 100 pounds of enriched uranium. Riiiight. news.bbc.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------- Bosnia warned over arms to Iraq By Nicholas Wood BBC correspondent in Sarajevo Bosnia's top international representative, Lord Ashdown, has issued a stern warning to the country's politicians over the alleged sale of arms to Iraq in breach of United Nations sanctions. Along with the commander of the peace-keeping force, S-For, he has called for an investigation into military sales by a state-owned factory in the Serb-controlled east of the country. This is one of the fiercest rebukes Bosnia's Serbian leadership has had since the signing of the Dayton peace agreement. At a press conference on Sunday the country's top international officials accused the Republika Srpska government of both covering up and ignoring the role of state-owned companies in an arms trade with Iraq. The criticism follows a raid on an aviation plant by Nato-led troops earlier this month, which revealed, military officials say, that the company was repairing engines for Iraqi Mig fighter jets. The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Sarajevo, Robert Beecroft, also said there was compelling evidence that Bosnian and Yugoslav firms may have been working on the development of a cruise missile with Iraq. Both Bosnian Serb and Yugoslav leaders have promised to investigate the allegations. At the same time they sought to play down the role of state firms in the affair, claiming that the deals were done by corrupt officials seeking personal profit.