Gun glut in Iraq By Jeffrey Gettleman The New York Times TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2006
BAGHDAD With chipped, painted fingernails, Nahrawan al-Janabi picked up a cartridge and slid it into the chamber. "Like this," she said, loading her new Glock pistol with a loud, satisfying click. "You see, like this." ... L. Paul Bremer, the former top U.S. administrator in Iraq, did not try to step between Iraqis and their weaponry. He issued an order in 2003 that essentially upheld Iraqi law: Every man and woman 25 and older with a "good reputation and character" was entitled to own one firearm, including a fully automatic AK-47 assault rifle, the world's most popular killing machine. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/03/news/guns.php -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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