Racks of 1,000-pound bombs were housed in the Taji Ammunition Dump, known as Area Echo, north of Baghdad, Iraq. Nearly 20,000 tons of munitions were destroyed in Area Echo. U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to the 710th Ordnance Company detonated the last seven 1,000 pound bombs, Dec. 16, 2005. U.S Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin BromleyRussia Decries U.S. Sanctions On Arms Exporting Company
-- L.A. Times
-- L.A. Times
The U.S. move is part of a global crackdown on firms it says exported technology to Iran, North Korea and Syria that could lead to nuclear bombs. Russia says sales at its state-owned conglomerate were legal and met international guidelines.
Reporting from Moscow and Bogota, Colombia -- Russia reacted angrily Friday to U.S. sanctions leveled this week against an arms trading company, calling them an "arrogant application" of American laws abroad.
Foreign Minister Sergei V. Lavrov said the U.S. move to ban government agencies from dealing with Rosoboronexport, a state-owned company managed by a close friend of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, was "absolutely incompatible with the new realities in the current world structure."
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My Comment: Name the names .... we all need to know who is doing what in the world.