U.S. buys weapons from indicted company (Smuggled AK-47s in to U.S.)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11504378.htm

The U.S. Army has approved the purchase of more than $29 million worth of weapons for the new Iraqi army from a Chinese state-owned company that's under indictment in California in connection with the smuggling of 2,000 AK-47 automatic rifles into the United States in 1996.

The haul remains the largest seizure of smuggled automatic weapons in U.S. history.

Army Lt. Col. Joe Yoswa, a Pentagon spokesman, said the Warren, Mich.-based U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command approved the contract for Poly Technologies after a check into the company's background. The company wasn't among those banned from doing business in the United States, he said.

The Beijing-based firm is to deliver 2,369 light and heavy machine guns, 14,653 AK-47 rifles and 72 million rounds of ammunition worth $29.3 million by Saturday, according to a Pentagon statement.

[derby378]

1. When the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing...

Wait a minute. This is the * administration. Of course they know. We are so screwed.

If you're going to buy an AK-47, folks, may I suggest a Romanian model?

And either lock the trigger or remove the firing bolt when not in use, please.

[jayfish]

2. Hey! I had A Norinko...

not a bad weapon inside of 50 feet. Outside of that range? Forget it.

Jay