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Anti-Iraqi Sanctions Group Responds to Attacks

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The human rights group Voices in the Wilderness has been notified by the Justice Department’s office of foreign assets control that they will be fined more than $160,000 for taking goods like medicine into Iraq, in violation of the embargo against Iraq.

Guests:

  • Kathy Kelly, head of Voices in the Wilderness.
  • Burt Sacks, engineer from Seattle and member of Voices in the Wilderness.

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