Thursday, February 16, 2012

Iraqis profit from Syrian arms smuggling (AP)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 photo Iraqi smuggler Younis al-Lehaibi, 46, dismantles an AK-47 machine-gun at his house in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. To be successfully smuggled into Syria, the rifles are taken apart and hidden in cigarette cartons and kerosene tanks. Younis al-Lehaibi and his sons divide them into their trucks and head out to the vast, dusty border. (AP Photo)AP - The rifles are first taken apart and hidden in cigarette cartons and kerosene tanks. Younis al-Lehaibi and his sons then divide them into their trucks and head out to Iraq's vast, dusty border with Syria. Their objective: to smuggle weapons to Syrian rebels who seek the overthrow of President Bashar Assad.


Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_syria_smuggling

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