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Italy Seizes 8,000 Kalashnikovs Headed to U.S.
Reuters ^
| April 20
Posted on 04/20/2004 8:03:32 AM PDT by TET1968
Italy Seizes 8,000 Kalashnikovs Headed to U.S.
Apr 20, 9:09 AM (ET)
ROME (Reuters) - Italian customs officers seized more than 8,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles and other weapons on a ship headed to the United States, officials said Tuesday. The arms, worth about $7.15 million, were discovered aboard a ship arriving from Romania that pulled into the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro on its way to the United States, Italy's customs said in a statement. According to the travel documents, the arms belong to a large U.S. company with headquarters in the state of Georgia.
"We know that the destination was North America, but we don't effectively know if that's where the arms were going," a customs official told RAI state television.
The arms were found inside three containers during a routine customs check earlier this week. They were confiscated due to discrepancies in the customs forms, but the news was only made public Tuesday.
The customs office said the weapons had been described as "common guns" instead of assault rifles and longer-range combat arms in the travel documentation. ($1-.8390 Euro)
TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; jihadinamerica; kalashnikov; kalashnikovs; muhammedfarms; nationofislam; noi
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What is this? !
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:03:34 AM PDT
by
TET1968
To: TET1968
What!? What Georgia company wants 8,000 Kalishnikovs!?
To: TET1968
Oh no..... GEORGIA??? I hope they publish the name of the company...
3
posted on
04/20/2004 8:05:30 AM PDT
by
Momto2
To: TET1968
What is this? indeed!
4
posted on
04/20/2004 8:05:39 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: TET1968
Another reason to support the 2nd amendment?
5
posted on
04/20/2004 8:05:45 AM PDT
by
BrooklynGOP
(www.logicandsanity.com)
To: TET1968
If this was going for the terrorists - blood in our streets! Maybe time to get that 2nd amendment out and dust it off.
6
posted on
04/20/2004 8:05:53 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: TET1968
Somehow, I don't think these are intended to be part of a Coca Cola promotion.
To: Rutles4Ever
Things go better with Coke!
8
posted on
04/20/2004 8:06:29 AM PDT
by
WilDave
To: BrooklynGOP
Another reason to support the 2nd amendment?What's THAT supposed to mean? If they're coming in illegally, they have NOTHING to do with the 2nd Amendment, now do they?
9
posted on
04/20/2004 8:07:51 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
To: TET1968
Is someone putting an 8,000 person milita together? A band of armed thugs, maybe?
Who signed the documents? Jones? Smith? Achmed?
10
posted on
04/20/2004 8:08:00 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
(Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
To: TET1968; Poohbah; veronica; section9; Dog
Awww... darn.
*pause*
Think they'll let me bid on `em at the police auction?
11
posted on
04/20/2004 8:09:28 AM PDT
by
hchutch
(Tommy Thompson's ephedra ban STINKS.)
To: BrooklynGOP
I don't understand you anti-gun Republicans. If they take away our guns, how are we going to shoot the Liberals?
12
posted on
04/20/2004 8:09:43 AM PDT
by
kevao
To: Puppage
Wait, I don't understand, how can a gun be illegal?
13
posted on
04/20/2004 8:11:14 AM PDT
by
Porterville
(I will enter the liberal land with the Gramsci torch and burn down their house of cards.)
To: *bang_list
Bang
14
posted on
04/20/2004 8:12:43 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
To: TET1968
Darn. I guess my post-AWB order won't be filled...
Probably....
The weapons are not AK47s, but the semi-auto civilian weapons. Maybe with all the features previously banned by the AWB.
Perhaps...
A gun company here ordered them in anticipation of the AWB sunsetting: they would have the first batch of new "assault weapons" available for sale.
Could be wrong, though. The weapons are valued at ~$894 each, and that's pretty expensive for a non-auto AK.
15
posted on
04/20/2004 8:13:05 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(John Ffing sKerry: Just a gigolo!)
To: TET1968
Georgia? I'm in GA. WTF?
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:13:22 AM PDT
by
eyespysomething
(The Barbarians are at the Gates. Don't give Kerry the key!)
To: TET1968
Wow, hunting season in Georgia must get pretty wild.
To: Puppage; kevao
If they're coming in illegally, they have NOTHING to do with the 2nd Amendment, now do they? Very good. And if they are coming illegaly, and the 2nd amendment is abolished - how am I going to protect myself?
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:14:28 AM PDT
by
BrooklynGOP
(www.logicandsanity.com)
To: Rutles4Ever
What!? What Georgia company wants 8,000 Kalishnikovs!?
It could be one like this one:
http://www.tapco.com/
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:14:55 AM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
To: TET1968; Little Ray
My question too. What model of Kalashnikov?
Welcome to FR, TET1968.
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