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The group is "Voices in the Wilderness." They were served a pre-penalty notice from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury on Dec. 3, 1998. Part of the "violations" that the Office listed are: "The violations of the regulations and underlying statutes and Executive Orders for which this Notice is issued concern your and VW's exportation of donated goods, including medical supplies and toys, to Iraq absent specific prior authorization by OFAC and transactions relating to travel to Iraq and activities in Iraq. Additionally, the violations involve transactions for the purpose of , or which have the effect of, evading or avoiding, or which facilitate the evasion or avoidance of any of the prohibitions of the Regulations, as well as a conspiracy formed for the purpose of engaging in transactions prohibited by the Regulations. In this regard, VW has organized members to deliver goods to Iraq in violation of the embargo and made express statements of the organization's knowledge of its violative actions." For more information, please access http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/hearthevoices.html - Rania Masri On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, E Herring, Department of Politics wrote: > Can anyone provide me with further information on the > prosecution in the US of a group for supplying toys to > Iraq? The case was mentioned recently on this list, but I > want to find out more. > > Thanks > > Eric > > ---------------------- > Dr. Eric Herring > Department of Politics > University of Bristol > 10 Priory Road > Bristol BS8 1TU > England, UK > Tel. +44-(0)117-928-8582 > Fax +44-(0)117-9732133 > http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Politics > Eric.Herring@bristol.ac.uk > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the > whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html > Iraq Action Coalition http://leb.net/IAC/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html