I agree, it isn't actually austria doing the selling. see my original message on the thread, there was a link there to the story about the rifles.
On 2/13/07, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert, > > What is the source that claimed Austria sold 800 Steyr rifles to Iran? > Also, what is your source for the 100 recovered? I'm not doubting you; I > just want to know. > > And it isn't really "Austria" selling anything; it's a private company that > contracts to various militaries and police agencies around the world, and > also has a rather large international distributor and agent network. All > large manufacturers of paramilitary equipment do. I point this out because > it would have been *lots* cheaper to purchase Barrett M99's or M95's from a > shill agent in Europe, then smuggle them into Iraq. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee > > > > Get advanced intensive Master-level training in > C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at > ProductivityEnhancement.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Munn > To: CF-Community > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:18 PM > Subject: Re: Iran busted - going nuclear and arming terrorists in Iraq- > what's next? > > > I have no idea whether it is reasonable, but we know these facts: > > 1. Last year Austria sold 800 Steyr sniper rifles to Iran, over the > specific > objections of the U.S. that they would make their way into the hands of > terrorists in Iraq. > 2. More than 100 of these very same rifles have been recovered in Iraq, > many > of them in recent seizures of weapons caches thought to belong to Shiite > mlitias. > > The Quds forces seem to have delivered these weapons into the hands of the > Shiite militias with the specific intent of having them used against U.S. > and Iraqi forces. Is there any other possible explanation? Could the > rifles > be fakes? Maybe, can someone validate the serial numbers? I am sure > someone > could do that. Say the are real. Any other explanation? Corruption inside > Iran- someone diverted these weapons from the Quds forces and sold them to > Shiite militias? > > On 2/13/07, Adam wrote: > > > > Do the math over the period of time they claim snipers downed > US-friendly > > personnel. 170 personnel with .50 caliber sniper rifles? Compared to > how > > many total service people killed by all means? Does this number really > > sound feasible to you? > > > > Also, any .50 caliber enthusiast will tell you that almost $20K for a > .50 > > caliber bolt action rifle is ridiculous -- even the Steyr, which is > > admittedly sweet. Hell, I can buy two M82A's (the civilian designation > for > > the same basic semi-automatic model the US military uses) for that > > price. The bolt action Barrett M99 has an "anybody's" street price of > only > > around 3K, and it's a better rifle than the Steyr for desert deployment. > > > > None of this sounds reasonable to me. How about you? > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227985 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
