[adam_az]

An Al Aksa leader said Dahlan is offering US$6,000 - more than twice the black market value - for each rifle, while officials gave lower figures. Dahlan also offered a signup bonus of at least US$6,000 to Al Aksa members who leave the militia and join the security forces, militiamen said.

...Then they can walk down the block to the black market in by the nearest casbah, and buy TWO rifles, and still have change left over for ammo.

This is called "the law of unintended consequences..."

[Salem]

"...Then they can walk down the block to the black market in by the nearest casbah, and buy TWO rifles, and still have change left over for ammo."

How this plain logic is lost on the "brilliant" foreign policy wonks in the State Department is testament to the "dumbing down" of the American intellect. Too bad it tends to get so many innocent people killed.