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| 2004-05-23 |
| Saudi security forces have engaged in a daylight shootout with Al Qaida insurgents near the kingdom's capital. Saudi security sources said the shootout took place on Thursday in a village north of Riyad regarded as sympathetic to Al Qaida. They said four Al Qaida insurgents and a Saudi officer were killed. An Interior Ministry statement said a security officer was shot dead and two others were wounded in the gun battle. The ministry said ammunition and weapons were found in the possesion of the gunmen. Security officers said a Saudi security force targeted a suspected Al Qaida stronghold in a rest house in Buraida. The insurgents opened automatic and rocket-propelled grenade fire toward the Saudi force. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 Mostly they came from the Sovit Union and China during the Cold War.Now they are manufactured and sold from a lot Third World Countries.I think there are a couple of companys in Eastern Euorpe that crank them out like cord wood. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-05-23 4:29:28 PM |
| #6 I've always wondered... were all of these AK-47's and RPG's floating around the third world... originally sold at a profit, or were they dumped on the market for less than the cost of manufacture? |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-05-23 12:53:04 PM |
| #5 They made by Halibuton NMM. Aren't you still on the mailing list? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-05-23 12:18:09 PM |
| #4 "...the US is the biggest weapons exporter around." I had a boss(immigrent son of a very wealthy Argetinian banker)who tried that line with me.He didn't know what to say when I told him you can buy an AK-47 for $50 in parts of Africa. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-05-23 11:08:11 AM |
| #3 NMM: Who manufactures RPG's and why are they as common in the ME as popcorn at a theater? Just wondering The liberals are always going on about "immoral" US arms exports and the fact that the US is the biggest weapons exporter around. What they leave out is the fact that the US sells almost exclusively to legitimate governments, and the large dollar amounts are due to the high expense and complexity of individual US weapons systems. The Chinese and Russians sell land mines, RPG's and AK-47's to all and sundry - the Chinese even tried to smuggle AK-47's to street gangs in LA. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-05-23 10:31:48 AM |
| #2 They're mostly of Soviet/Chinese make, and are available in huge quantities in failed states like Somalia and Yemen, where there are more guns than people. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-05-23 1:48:09 AM |
| #1 Who manufactures RPG's and why are they as common in the ME as popcorn at a theater? Just wondering |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2004-05-23 1:21:46 AM |