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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 9, 1993                   TAG: 9304090183
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

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NONE TO FACE CHARGES OVER IRAQ SHIPMENTS

The Justice Department has declined to prosecute anyone for altering a list of export licenses for goods approved for sale to Iraq, it was disclosed Thursday.

A congressional panel investigating the Bush administration's pre-Persian Gulf War policy of secretly aiding the Saddam Hussein regime found military designations for $1 billion in equipment had been changed so the material would appear to be solely for civilian use.

The Justice Department did not give a reason for declining to prosecute.

- Los Angeles Times

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