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.
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I guess Truth has finally driven you mad.
You may be one of a very few people on this planet who thinks that’s not
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Debating crazy people is a waste of energy.
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So even if that’s actually Trump’s account,
I’m not surprised that he’s able to re-post
an image from somewhere.
I’ve got confidence in his intelligence and abilities.
You, it seems, jump up and cheer at his most basic acts as
if you think him to be some kind of retard in need of
encouragement for wiping his own.. .. nose.
Why do you have such a low opinion of Trump?
While President Trump and Son, along with Devin Nunes and Truth Social operations people continue to post non stop Q confirmations, Free Republic’s gatekeeper in chief still expects Q people to remain caged, and that some of us need to be beaten.
Nice disconnect you’ve got going here.
I’m aware what the President Truths.
I’m aware of what everyone Truths.
Even you Grasshopper…….
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