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Western Weapons in Ukraine Being Sold On via Encrypted Messaging App: Report
Breitbart ^ | 14 May 2022 | CHRIS TOMLINSON

Posted on 05/14/2022 11:59:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Weapons said to be for sale include not just Ukrainian-origin arms such as old Soviet-era AK-47 rifles, but also American-made rifles like the M16 and the M4, along with other NATO member-origin firearms like the ARX 160 A1 manufactured by the Italian weapons company Beretta, newspaper Il Giornale reports.

It remains unclear whether the weapons are being sold by Ukrainians or by Russians who have collected them over the course of the war.

Canadian NGO Project Ploughshares warned earlier this year of the possibility that arms from the West could end up on the black market, with researcher Kelsey Gallagher saying there was a “real threat that the Ukrainian government can potentially not control all of these weapons.”

According to Il Giornale, the illegal arms trade often runs along the same routes as the illegal drug trade, noting that radical Islamic jihadist cells may be tempted to purchase weapons being sold through encrypted apps.

During the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Islamic extremists called on jihadists to take advantage of the war, with the Islamic State terror organisation recommending supporters use the conflict to collect weapons that could be used in terror attacks, for example.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: blackmarket; ukraine; weapons
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To: Drew68

Same as Afghanistan - who could have predicted it. /s


21 posted on 05/14/2022 12:54:58 PM PDT by GOPJ (King Biden of MAAH (Make America A Hellhole) ||| Pray for the MAGA King's Return.)
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To: EasySt; humblegunner

HG you left the cage open again.

Lordy let’s hope he doesn’t start posting memes outside of the Q Exhibit.


22 posted on 05/14/2022 1:03:42 PM PDT by David Chase
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To: David Chase; EasySt
HG you left the cage open again.

I ain't gonna mess with him.

He paid me $350.00 USD to leave him alone and he's
got three more weeks of amnesty. I gotta be honorable.

23 posted on 05/14/2022 1:58:43 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: BenLurkin
It remains unclear whether the weapons are being sold by Ukrainians or by Russians who have collected them over the course of the war.

That seems like kind of an important detail.

24 posted on 05/14/2022 2:10:58 PM PDT by marron
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To: BenLurkin

Of course they will. Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries on earth.


25 posted on 05/14/2022 2:12:26 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: marron

More like a red herring, but ok.


26 posted on 05/14/2022 2:14:44 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: FLT-bird
Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries on earth.

Yes, right up there with Moscow and the Obama/Clinton/Biden White House.

:)

27 posted on 05/14/2022 2:22:03 PM PDT by marron
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To: BenLurkin

Who could have seen this coming??


28 posted on 05/14/2022 3:07:43 PM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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To: David Chase

Now go away. I'm trying to figure out why FOX News is so hot about rehabilitating this clown all of a sudden...


29 posted on 05/14/2022 3:11:11 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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To: humblegunner

Whoever paid you, IF anyone paid you...
wasn’t me.


30 posted on 05/14/2022 3:29:49 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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To: EasySt
Whoever paid you, IF anyone paid you...wasn’t me.

There you go again, taking things too seriously and literally.

Grow a sense of humor, or at least one of irony.

Bet you still think that I alone am responsible for ALL keywords that make you cry.

Get a job.

31 posted on 05/14/2022 3:35:32 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: humblegunner

I get a week suspension for calling out your brownshirt tactics and tricking
the Mods into providing proof of your part in it, while also proving that we are
forbidden to know if it was just you, or you and a couple others, or you and a mob.

But now I’m taking things too seriously for calling you out on your lie
implying that I would pay you $350 to stop brownshirting me for a month?

Well OK then.


32 posted on 05/15/2022 3:05:55 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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To: EasySt

I’d forgotten how tricky you are.


33 posted on 05/15/2022 7:59:35 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: David Chase; humblegunner
"HG you left the cage open again."

"Lordy let’s hope he doesn’t start posting memes outside of the Q Exhibit."

~~~~~~~

Y'all should warn the President.

He posted THIS last night:

~Easy

34 posted on 05/16/2022 12:56:33 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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To: EasySt
Oh noes! An image!

Please explain why that should be in any way bothersome.

It's not as if it were one of your too-busy cheesy talent-free efforts.

35 posted on 05/16/2022 1:02:23 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: EasySt

Hey... ain’t that account supposed to have a “blue check” or something?

Looks like you got chumped.
Pretty easily, too.

Dumbass.


36 posted on 05/16/2022 1:31:59 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: humblegunner
It's not Twitter, it's Truth Social, and yes,
that's Donald J. Trump's red checked account.

You'll find it in this stream, from the real DJT.
(4th Truth/Retruth in his list at the moment.

(Retruths don't bother with the check mark, so as not to confuse Truther versus Rethruther)

Your apology, though owed, is not anticipated.

~Easy

37 posted on 05/16/2022 3:33:28 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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To: humblegunner
The Presidentially ReTruthed artwork in question:

~Easy

38 posted on 05/16/2022 3:38:49 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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To: humblegunner
The Presidentially ReTruthed artwork in question:

~Easy

39 posted on 05/16/2022 3:38:49 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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To: humblegunner
Perhaps this will help...


40 posted on 05/16/2022 3:49:08 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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