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To: bornintexas
>>Do regular Iraqi citizens have weapons?

No way! First thing you do when you set up a police state is to confiscate all the guns. I don't doubt there are a LOT of weapons around -- the whole region is awash in waepons and all the men are conscripted -- but "keep and bear" is not a concept there. As of now, if it has a gun and in not cleary US or UK, it's presumed to be hostile.

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512 posted on 04/04/2003 10:48:51 PM PST by Franking
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To: Franking
No way! First thing you do when you set up a police state is to confiscate all the guns. I don't doubt there are a LOT of weapons around -- the whole region is awash in waepons and all the men are conscripted -- but "keep and bear" is not a concept there. As of now, if it has a gun and in not cleary US or UK, it's presumed to be hostile.

Nope, apparently.

Full auto weapons like AK-47s are reserved for Ba'ath Party members but apparently everything else isn't prohibited at all, and there are thousands of gun shops with handguns, rifles, and shotguns throughout Iraq. And hunting is quite popular.

519 posted on 04/04/2003 10:50:58 PM PST by John H K
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