VOL. XL
No. 28
14-July-1997
SYRIA-SUDAN
US Congress Tightens Sanctions Against Syria And Sudan
The US House of Representatives voted on 8 July to end the present flexibility enjoyedby the Administration with regard to the prohibition of financial transactions withgovernments specified on the State Department's terrorism list (Cuba, Libya, North Korea,Iran, Iraq, Syria and Sudan). The bill, H.R. 748, sponsored by Rep. Bill McCollum(R-Fla.), was passed 377 in favor with 33 against. Its specific...
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