Wednesday 15 August 2012

Arms smuggling to Syria turns into big business in Iraq

Source: Azzaman in English

Prices of automatic rifles and pistols are soaring in Iraq as illegal traders try to smuggle them across the border for sale in strife-torn Syria.

Most of the roaring business is taking place in low-income neighborhoods in major Iraqi cities where the poor are selling their personal arms at what they see as very tempting prices.

But residents in these areas, speaking on the strict condition of anonymity, say the buying of arms in their neighborhoods is taking place openly, indicating that high-ranking government or party officials might be implicated.

Read the full article Arms smuggling to Syria turns into big business in Iraq

Comment, there is an irony in there somewhere, the Syrian civil war is doing something that neither the Government nor the occupying forces couldn't do- get the arms out of private hands in Iraq.

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