Aug 11 2012

Arms smuggling to Syria turns into big business in Iraq

By Zeena Sami Azzaman, August 11, 2012 Prices of automatic rifles and pistols are soaring in Iraq as illegal traders try to smuggle them across the border for sale in strife-torn Syria. Most of the roaring business is taking place in low-income neighborhoods in major Iraqi cities where the poor are selling their personal arms [...]