Violation of Iraq Arms Trade Ban Admitted
From Times Wire Reports
Yugoslavia conceded that a state arms dealer had violated U.N. trade bans against Iraq. The admission came two weeks after evidence surfaced that a Bosnian Serb factory cooperating with a Yugoslav arms dealer had refurbished Iraqi military aircraft.
A Yugoslav government statement said that “because of imprecise regulations on arms trading, there have been several cases of breaching the U.N. embargo.” The embargo began after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
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