{"id":3097,"date":"2007-08-13T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:08:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:08:58","slug":"us-loses-control-of-weapons-to-iraq-anti-mafia-police-uncover-arms-to-iraq-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/us-loses-control-of-weapons-to-iraq-anti-mafia-police-uncover-arms-to-iraq-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"US Loses Control of Weapons to Iraq: Anti-Mafia Police Uncover Arms-to-Iraq Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/iraq-guns.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/iraq-guns.thumbnail.gif\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Ewen MacAskill and Tom Kington, Guardian UK<\/p>\n<p>US loss of control over the flood of weapons into Iraq was highlighted again yesterday when it emerged that Italian anti-Mafia investigators had uncovered an alleged shipment of 105,000 rifles of which the American high command was unaware.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian team, in an investigation codenamed Operation Parabellum, stopped the \u00c2\u00a320m sale and have made four arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The consignment appears to have been ordered by the Iraqi interior ministry. The US high command in Baghdad admitted that it had no knowledge of any such order, even though the ministry is supposed to inform the Americans before making any arms purchases.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/Iraq\/Story\/0,,2147587,00.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ewen MacAskill and Tom Kington, Guardian UK US loss of control over the flood of weapons into Iraq was highlighted again yesterday when it emerged that Italian anti-Mafia investigators had uncovered an alleged shipment of 105,000 rifles of which the American high command was unaware. 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