Sudan
AK-47 Costs $50, Cow up to $1,000 as Gun Culture Flourishes in Sudan
Agence France Presse
23 Nov 2008
BOR, Sudan -- With bulging muscles oiled for battle and feathers fluttering proudly from their hair, towering Sudanese wrestlers leap high into the air to intimidate their opponents. The fighters are fearsome, but this is just sport. Cheered by excited crowds, the young men prepare for a showdown to test their strength and show off to girls. But in the remote and often lawless southern Sudan state of Jonglei, awash with guns, rival clashes all too often turn deadly. Traditional hierarchies of authority were shaken by one of Africa's longest civil wars and with an easy availability of AK-47 automatic rifles, many young men brought up in conflict... ( gunpolicy.org )
Iraq, Bulgaria
Kurds in Northern Iraq Receive 3 Planeloads of Guns, Arms from Bulgaria
Washington Post Foreign Service
23 Nov 2008
BAGHDAD -- Kurdish officials this fall took delivery of three planeloads of small arms and ammunition imported from Bulgaria, three U.S. military officials said, an acquisition that occurred outside the weapons procurement procedures of Iraq's central government. The large quantity of weapons and the timing of the shipment alarmed U.S. officials, who have grown concerned about the prospect of an armed confrontation between Iraqi Kurds and the government at a time when the Kurds are attempting to expand their control over parts of northern Iraq. The weapons arrived in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah in September on three C-130 cargo planes, according... ( gunpolicy.org )
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