Syria Rebels Sold "Exploding Rifles" by Double Agent

[presence]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-8228766.html

To the Syrian rebels, the offer was enticing: Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles and ammunition at below-market price, with supplies plentiful. The dealers were convincing: two of them had European passports, one a British passport, and they claimed to have been involved in supplying arms during the Bosnia war.

Three meetings took place in Istanbul between representatives of the rebels and the dealers, including the Briton, calling himself Emile, to organise shipments. An initial payment of around $40,000 was made.
The delivery was on time, as had been a previous shipment. But it soon became apparent that something was wrong.

[Brian4Liberty]

Actually it was the ammo that was "defective", not the rifles.

Rifles exploded during a firefight. There was a second such “accident”, and a third, leading to injuries. An examination of the remaining consignments revealed that propellants inside some of the cartridges had been replaced with ground explosives with three or four times design-pressure, with the aim of bursting them in the breach.

[pcosmar]

An old trick.. was done in Vietnam too.

Really didn't change anything.

[Expatriate]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Eldest_Son

[osan]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...e-8228766.html

Heh... That old trick?

What a raft of dummies.

And $2.50/round?

I am definitely not in the right business. No wonder there's so much pressure to keep the wars hopping.