Posted on 07/05/2009 7:38:36 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
WINNIPEG — Manitoba exported a cache of guns worth $1.2 million to Saudi Arabia last year, but the federal government won't say who sold them, who bought them, or what they were used for.
According to international-trade data available on the Industry Canada website, Manitoba exported a total of $3.1 million in "arms and ammunition" to foreign countries last year. That could include anything from flame-throwers to shotgun cartridges to rocket-launchers, and it's double what the province exported in 2004.
Except for Manitoba's guns, Canada sold virtually no other weapons or ammunition to Saudi Arabia last year.
Ontario was the next biggest exporter of arms to Saudi Arabia, at only $61,000.
Saudi Arabia, the Middle Eastern theocracy frequently criticized for its oppression of women, religious minorities and political dissidents, made a surprise appearance on Manitoba's 2008 export list. The country was the biggest buyer of Manitoba arms and ammunition.
(Excerpt) Read more at vancouversun.com ...
One point two million? That’s like a gun show in Texas.
What’s the mystery?
Canada PING?
For Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan?
Iran.
Moonbat reacts to all that is bad in one single transaction
The headline writer does not know the difference between a mystery and a secret.
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