Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has imposed an unprecedented fine on a French bank accused of violating sanctions on Iran and Sudan. The Justice Department said France’s BNP Paribas pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Cuba, Iran and Sudan. Officials said BNP provided companies and individuals from these countries […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has concluded that Al Qaida sought American weapons for attacks in Iraq. Officials said Al Qaida in Iraq, or AQI, tried to procure U.S.-origin Stinger surface-to-air missiles for the Sunni insurgency network. They said AQI might have sent Iraqis to the United States to acquire Stinger as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — An American convicted of trying to export U.S. computers to Iran has been sentenced to jail. Jeng Shih was sentenced by a federal district court for 18 months upon his conviction for conspiracy to export computers to Iran. Federal prosecutors said the computers were sent to Iran through the United […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid A May 24 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program quoted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as saying he’d never had any contact with Bradley Manning and that he had no information indicating that the former Army intelligence analyst was the source of the classified U.S. intelligence information released by WikiLeaks. […]