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Posts tagged with 'illegal_arms'

  • Thousands of Weapons went Missing in Iraq - reports surface were sold illegally. Top officials accused.

    POSTED BY KRISTIN LINDER, NOVEMBER 12 2007 11:58 AM | PERMALINK



    In 2004 the insurgency was growing in Iraq, and under a new policy America began issuing weapons to Kassim al-Saffar, an Iraqi businessman. The idea was that al-Saffar would then issue the weapons to Iraqi police cadets, being more efficient than the American government. Unfortunately, al-Saffar used the lack of American oversight to turn his distribution duties into a private arms dealership. Even scarier - it seems top American officials were aware of his practice and did nothing to stop it.

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  • The Drug War in Mexico: Police with pistols vs. American AK-47s

    POSTED BY KRISTIN LINDER, OCTOBER 29 2007 02:42 PM | PERMALINK

     

     

    The Washington Post today published an article detailing the enormity of weapons smuggling out of the U.S. into Mexico. While Americans are focused on keeping Mexicans out, Mexico is struggling to control the surge of firearms being brought into its country by drug lords. The guns earn smugglers around $1 million per shipment and are often purchased legally in border states like Arizona where background checks are not required. American agents frequenting gun fairs in Texas and other border states...