According to [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/27/AR2005122700698.html|an article] from AP.org available over at WaPo, the Bush 43 Administration is "sanctioning" several countries for selling missiles to Iran. The reason I find this odd is because Bush didn't sanction the US, which sold arms to Iran during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Contra_Affair|the infamous Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s].
Of course, I'm being somewhat sarcastic, but you get the point.
I put "sanctioning" in quotes above because it seemed like an odd use of the word, but was the word the AP article used. What they probably mean is "put sanctions against." Or something like that. Here's a clip from the article that tells us exactly what's up:
The Bush administration is punishing nine foreign companies, six of them in China, for selling missile goods and chemical arms material to Iran.
In making the announcement Tuesday, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said the sanctions were based on "credible evidence," which he did not disclose.
Two of the companies are Indian and the other is Austrian.
As a result, Ereli said, the United States will not provide export licenses to the companies for doing business here and will ban U.S. government purchases from the companies.
HA! More "credible evidence" no doubt this time supplied by a chappy named "Trojan Horse" or perhaps "Ima Liar."
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