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Yemen's Firearms Dealers Use Social Media for Advertising, Sales
1 April 2014
Yemen Times (Sana'a)
Facebook increasingly used to sell arms
Sitting among friends inside the arms shop he owns in the well-known Jahana arms market, Ali Awla busily posts photos of newly-arrived arms on his Facebook page.
Several types of weapons are carefully hung inside the shop to attract customers.
The Jahana arms market, which is located about 25 kilometers from Sana'a, is home to over 40 stores selling an impossibly wide range of weapons and body armor, including rocket-propelled... (GunPolicy.org)