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2006-06-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Man Admits He Tried To Smuggle 20,000 Rifles To Syria

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Posted by Steve 2006-06-27 08:27|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "These guns would have been going to some terrorist organization."

Maybe. The fact that a group living in an authoritarian state, wants small arms, unapproved by the govt, does NOT ipso facto make them terrorists.

Note that Hamas, Hezbollah, etc dont need to smuggle arms into Syria, since they get suppport from the regime.

Ergo this was either for AQ, for the muslim brotherhood, for Syrian Kurds, or for other enemies of the Syrian regime.

Only org on that list that is clearly terrorist is AQ, and 20,000 assault rifles isnt really their MO for action in a hostile country. (Pashtunistan not being a hostile country, from their POV)

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-27 09:41|| 2006-06-27 09:41|| Front Page Top

#2 The AKMS belongs to the originally Russian-made AK47 family of assault rifles.

Yes, many here on the Rant have met the... family.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-27 09:43|| 2006-06-27 09:43|| Front Page Top

#3 unless of course the Syrians are using smuggling and dealers to get arms to Hamas, to keep their hands "clean"

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-27 09:43|| 2006-06-27 09:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Or Hizbullah, the insurgency in Iraq, or for further export to, say, the Horn of Africa.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-06-27 21:00|| 2006-06-27 21:00|| Front Page Top

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