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Court Upholds $13K Fine on Humanitarian Visitor to Iraq

HeadlineOct 11, 2006

In Seattle, a US appeals court has upheld the fining of a man who delivered medicines to Iraq while it was under a US-led embargo. On Tuesday, the court ruled the government was right to fine Bertram Sacks more than thirteen thousand dollars for making the trips. Sacks visited Iraq nine times starting in 1996, delivering medicines banned under sanctions overseen by Britain and the United States.

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