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| Four Iraqis indicted for trying to obtain fraudulent hazmat licenses |
| 2001-10-03 |
PITTSBURGH -- A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted four Iraqi men on charges of obtaining fraudulent commercial driver's licenses to haul hazardous materials, the U.S. attorney's office in Pittsburgh said. The four are among a total of 21 men who were arrested in seven states last week in the wake of the Sept. 11 attack on New York and the Pentagon, as U.S. authorities tightened their scrutiny of hazardous materials shipments amid concerns about potential new threats. The case has no ties to the hijackers who destroyed New York's World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon and left more than 5,700 people dead or missing and feared dead. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |