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- Russia
has proposed building a second nuclear research reactor in Iran and has sold
advanced arms to Syria. (The Washington Post, 4/7/98, Ha'aretz,
6/11/98)
- Lebanon released
Toufik Farroukh, convicted of kidnapping and murdering U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon
Francis Meloy in 1976. (AP, 4/17/98)
- Arab League members
signed an accord against terrorism that exempted from the definition of terrorism
"armed struggle" against Israel. (Reuters, 4/22/98)
- Media investigations have
revealed that a significant portion of the American-made weapons and parts that Iran
purchases illegally move through Canada, taking advantage of regulatory loopholes
and Canada's decision not to support the U.S. embargo. (The New York Times,
5/15/98)
- North Korea admitted
selling missiles abroad; U.S. officials have suspected for years that Pyongyang has sold
Scud missiles to Iran and Syria. (AP, 6/16/98)
- President Clinton
waived sanctions against three foreign companies that are doing business in Iran.
He later vetoed the Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act. (Journal of Commerce,
5/19/98, Reuters, 6/23/98)
- The U.S. investigation of
the 1996 terrorist bombing that killed 19 airmen in Saudi Arabia is collapsing amid
inconclusive evidence and ill feeling between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. (The New York
Times, 6/21/98)
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