Posted on 10/12/2007 7:22:45 AM PDT by RDTF
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — Uruguayan parliamentary investigators said they blocked an attempt by their government to purchase arms from Iran, using a diversion through Venezuela to try to evade U.N. sanctions on the Tehran government.
Some 15,000 rounds of Iranian-made 5.56 mm ammunition were loaded onto a Uruguayan navy ship in Venezuela before the attempt was discovered, said Javier Garcia of Uruguay's opposition National Party in an interview. Uruguay's military chiefs deny they ordered the munitions.
The shipment, part of a larger deal involving the sale of 18,000 Iranian-made automatic rifles, would be in clear violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution No. 1747, passed March 24 in an effort to curb that country"s uranium enrichment program.
That resolution says Iran "shall not supply, sell or transfer any arms or related materiel, and that all states shall prohibit the procurement of such items from Iran by their nationals."
"The Iran-Venezuela-Uruguay triangulation of these munitions had the objective of allowing Iran" to make a sale to Uruguay in spite of the sanctions, Mr. Garcia said.
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Where’s the outrage from Jimmy Carter? Al Gore, the newest “peace guy”? I’m sure the MSM will say something about this?
I know a perfectly legal dealer in Atlanta who can probably get them higher quality ammo, at a lower price. That's a total of about $3,000 worth of ammo, more or less.
15000 rounds for 18000 rifles. Sounds like a Barney Fife army.
I need 15,000 rounds of 762x51. Any body know where to get some?
LOL most FReepers have that much in their garage.
Where’s the link for those beautiful Bolivian women?
Where’s the link for those beautiful Bolivian women?
By all means post a link. I've been buying it at $379/1000. If you could get me 15K rounds for $3000 I'll buy everything the guy has!
This is it! This is Ahmadinejad’s message to the West for the end of Ramadan!
He’s selling tiny amounts of ammo to Uruguay AND THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT! Muhahahahaha!
Soooo...THAT’S why my husband went to Uruguay this week.....hhmmmmm....all along he told me it was to visit a mill
(The Iranian News service tells me that they make the best ammo in the world... a single round can take down a 747, and even a poor shot can kill a man with it from 5 or 6 miles away ... amazing stuff)
Even steel case wolf can be had all over for about $230 per 1,000, and probably less if you buy in real volume.
I found some Silver Bear, and Wolf at these links for about that price in just a minute or three. Ammo links
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