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Two U.S. Army soldiers are facing charges for selling weapons headed to Mexico, BuzzFeed reported Thursday. According to a filing in Texas federal court, Tyler Sumlin and Jason Jarvis are reportedly charged with eight counts including conspiracy to smuggle goods from the US, transferring firearms to an out-of-state resident and transporting explosive materials without a license. The indictment was filed in December but not reported on until Thursday. Newsweek reported that the Army was attempting to keep the case quiet, when another solider found the charge sheet and indictments in the Public Access to Court Electronic Records database. Sumlin and...

Russia Denies Selling Weapons to Iraq #-24-2003, 5 minutes ago By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW - Russian officials hotly denied U.S. accusations that Moscow had broken U.N. sanctions by selling sensitive military equipment to Iraq (news - web sites), including anti-tank guided missiles, night-vision goggles and jamming devices. "We did not send any goods, including military ones, that violated the sanctions," Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told reporters. "No fact supporting the Americans' anxiety has been found." This is not the first time Moscow has been accused of leaking sensitive technology to U.S. enemies in spite of pledges to...