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Report: Austria approves export of 30,000 handguns to Iran
International Herald Tribune ^
| Deb 16, 2007
Posted on 02/16/2007 3:54:10 PM PST by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
Austrian economic ministry officials told state radio that their ministry had approved the sale of the "Glock" pistols last month, saying Iranian authorities had provided documentary evidence that they would not be passed on to others.They had the same documentary evidence for those Steyr-Mannlicher sniper rifles that are turning up all over Iraq. That's certainly worked well, hasn't it?
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:55:25 PM PST
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: John Jorsett
We need to remember this.
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:55:47 PM PST
by
Dogbert41
To: John Jorsett
Just like old times. Iran and the German-speaking world are best buds.
To: John Jorsett
Don't bring a handgun to a missile fight.
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:56:50 PM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Brilliant
Smith and Wesson where are you?? SWHC.
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:57:16 PM PST
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: John Jorsett
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:57:27 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: John Jorsett
We need to start a Glock boycott in the U.S.
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:59:07 PM PST
by
Brad from Tennessee
(Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
To: Brad from Tennessee
I dont use glock at anyhow.
To: John Jorsett
Good afternoon.
So is this a ploy to get Iranians to shoot themselves in the leg?
Michael Frazier
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:00:48 PM PST
by
brazzaville
(no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: John Jorsett
WTF!? Earlier today I read the same story, but it reported 30,000 Glock pistols are being delivered to the IRAQI POLICE!
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:00:52 PM PST
by
SolidWood
(Attack Iran NOW!)
To: brazzaville
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:03:16 PM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: John Jorsett; Dogbert41; colorado tanker; Brilliant; samadams2000; xcamel; Brad from Tennessee; ...
Something is very fishy! All German-speaking sources, including the original Austrian report the 30,000 handguns are destined for the IRAQI Police. The English-speaking sources say IRAN.
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:05:52 PM PST
by
SolidWood
(Attack Iran NOW!)
To: John Jorsett
I didn't need another reason not to buy a "low-bid" piece of crap Glock, but OK, I guess I've got one more reason.
To: John Jorsett
Just another reason not to buy a glock. After having gunsmithed some of them I did not really need another reason.
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:09:43 PM PST
by
ExpatGator
(Extending logic since 1961.)
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:10:16 PM PST
by
DocRock
(What would Solomon Do?)
To: SolidWood
Hmmm.
To: ExpatGator
Wow, no love for Glock? My knowledge of guns is minimal, but I thought it was a great gun, aside from the country it hales from is asshat.
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:12:43 PM PST
by
tranzorZ
To: MARKUSPRIME
I do, but that's not the point. I didn't use "slim-fast" but that didn't stop my protest against their spokeswoman Whoopi, who trashed our POTUS.
Don't fall into the, "it doesn't effect me...right now" because when it related to arms shipments to Iran, or say an anti-gun law that affects "hunters" when you don't hunt, it does effect you
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:45:49 PM PST
by
endthematrix
(Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.)
To: tranzorZ; Emmett McCarthy
This is a link to a Feb 9th 2007 article from StrategyPage
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20070209.aspx
Excerpts;
"Perhaps the most notorious nine-millimeter pistol is the Glock 17. This pistol was designed by Gaston Glock and has spawned a family of over twenty pistols in various sizes. The Glock 17 is in service with Austria and Norway, and Glock has a huge following among law enforcement agencies around the world, albeit not all of them use nine-millimeter (the FBI, for instance, uses the Glock 22 and Glock 23 in .40 Smith and Wesson). Aside from its polymer frame, the Glock's other feature is its ability to function like a revolver to operate it, one just has to aim and pull the trigger."
"The best of these nine-millimeter pistols is probably the Glock. It is a simple pistol, and very reliable. Glock has done some pretty extreme torture tests on the pistol, and it has continued to perform. The Glock is also widely used, so in the case of a failure, spare parts can easily be acquired. It has worked well in its twenty-two year history for numerous military and law-enforcement customers. It has arguably become the standard by which other pistols are to be judged. Harold C. Hutchison (haroldc.hutchison@gmail.com)
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:49:44 PM PST
by
ansel12
(America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.)
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