Years ago, in Hedrickspool, I'd been sent to retrieve a weapons shipment.

Germany does not require a license for the re-export of weapons shipments like this that are only in transit.

A parliamentary commission is due to begin discussing the weapons shipments on Wednesday.

After Syria was forced to withdraw in 2005, though, weapons shipments became clandestine.

And if he receives intelligence about weapons shipments he will not be able to act on that information.

Now, in effect, it will have to censor some of its reports pertaining to possible weapons shipments.

He earned $240,133 on a $2.3 million weapons shipment, according to Government records.

Washington was then publicly urging a worldwide embargo on weapons shipments to Iran.

Under the law, that allowed the Administration to resume weapons shipments to the contras that had been suspended for a week.

He said further weapons shipments were expected.