FBI Press Conference: 17 of 18 suspects arrested in Sting Operation for Illegal Weapons
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Well I’m sure a “one gun a month” law or maybe a new version of the “assault weapons ban” would have stopped him.
This sting seems kind of fishy. It seems too much like entrapment.
The original story Guardian carried:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4868430,00.html
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Immigrant Accused of Weapons-Smuggle Plot
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors charged Tuesday that a 26-year-old Armenian immigrant led a plot to sell military weapons to an FBI informant posing as a middleman for terrorists.
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U.S. Attorney David Kelley said in an interview Tuesday that
Solomonyan, his South African partner, Christiaan Dewet Spies, and
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Solomonyan entered the United States six years ago on a cultural exchange visa claiming he was a religious worker for the Church of Scientology, according to law enforcement officials, also speaking on condition of anonymity. He was living on the proceeds of Medicare fraud and other scams as he carried out the weapons scheme, the officials said.
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Solomonyan - Religion of Peace?