Wednesday, January 17, 2007

AP: Iran gets army gear in Pentagon sale

(Updated Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 6:58 PM)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Fighter jet parts and other sensitive U.S. military gear seized from front companies for Iran and brokers for China have been traced in criminal cases to a surprising source: the Pentagon.

In one case, federal investigators said, contraband purchased in Defense Department surplus auctions was delivered to Iran, a country President Bush has branded part of an "axis of evil."

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