AK-47s smuggled in from Iraq (Dept of Homeland inSecurity: feel safe yet?)

[ProSense]

Assault rifles from Iraq used in Washington robberies

Mon Jul 17, 3:58 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Washington-area gang behind a string of bank robberies reportedly used AK-47 assault rifles that a former US soldier had smuggled from Iraq, investigators said.

The Washington Post said that an FBI spokesman at the Baltimore field office confirmed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was on the case.

"We were asked to look into it even though there is no formal investigation," he told AFP.

The string of hold-ups in 2004 was notable for the overwhelming firepower used by the gangsters, eight of whom were later questioned, including two who became government witnesses, the Post reported Sunday.

Seldom is such firepower assembled in the United States, where guns are widely available, but where fully automatic models, which fire continuously as long as the trigger is pulled, are highly regulated.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060717/ts_alt_afp/usiraqcrimeweapons

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Maybe they hid them in coffins, since they're off limits to most everyone

DHS is right on the job. Nice work, boys.