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  1.                                                                                 NATION, Page 41American NotesEXPORTSA Deadly Solvent
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  4.     When Iraq used poison gas to kill Kurdish civilians last
  5. year, the U.S. joined other nations in condemning chemical
  6. warfare. But last week it became clear that at least one
  7. American company has helped spread the deadly weapons. After
  8. Customs Service agents accused Baltimore-based Alcolac
  9. International, Inc., of illegally shipping hundreds of tons of
  10. thiodiglycol, a solvent that can be used in making mustard gas,
  11. the firm agreed to plead guilty to violating export laws.
  12. Prosecutors believe the chemical shipments eventually arrived in
  13. Iraq and Iran.
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