Posted on 05/11/2008 3:49:49 AM PDT by Fennie
An Iranian-born United States citizen was sentenced here yesterday in US District Court to two years in prison and six months of home confinement for illegaly exporting US military aircraft parts to Iran via associates in Germany and the United Arab Emirates.
Reza Tabib, 52, of Irvine, CA, pleaded guilty in June 2006 to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which prohibits the export and re-export to Iran of certain items of US origin. The prosecution is the result of a joint investigation by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS).
In January 2006, agents intercepted and seized maintenance kits specifically designed for the F-14 "Tomcat" aircraft that Tabib, along with his wife, Terri Repic-Tabib, had sent to Iran via Germany. Agents arrested the couple at their Irvine residence in February 2006.
A search of the Tabibs home led to the seizure of 13,000 more aircraft parts worth an estimated $540,000. Those seized parts included military-grade hardware for different aircraft, including the F-14. The search also turned up numerous aircraft parts lists that were provided to the couple by an Iranian military officer...
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>>two years in prison and six months of home confinement<<
Should be immediately followed by deportation for him and his entire family.
what ever happened to death by hanging for traitors? Did Congress do away with it or something to save their behinds?
Uh, that’s treason and we should hangers those committing treason.
Congress took a look in the mirror and realized that there were so many traitors within it's own walls there wouldn't be near enough rope on the planet to cope with the problem. So, the matter was tabled for later discussion in committee......
And...,Bush’s “New Tone”.
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