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| Iraq |
| Bosnian weapons in Iraqi markets |
| 2006-05-13 |
| Bosnian Defense Minister Nikola Radovanovic on Friday admitted that quantities of Bosnian weapons were sold to Iraq in 2004 and 2005 but affirmed that these weapons were sold under legal commercial contracts and through US companies. Radovanovic made the remarks to KUNA, while commenting on reports by Amnesty International, which said that weapons from Former Yugoslavia States, including Bosnia were found on the Iraqi market. The minister said the Bosnian authorities had sold the surplus of weapons it possessed, with the knowledge of NATO forces command in Bosnia. He noted that 200,000 Kalashnikovs and other machineguns and around one million ammunition pieces for these weapons were sold on the basis they would be sent to the Iraqi army. He pointed out that the United States has bought weapons and ammunitions from Bosnia and other East European countries which had Soviet-made weapons, to be sent to Iraq and other allied countries which had Soviet weapons. |
| Posted by:Fred |