AK-47 assault rifles smuggled from Iraq used in DC-area bank robberies

[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

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Mission Accomplished" - Commander AWOL Codpiece

Bush & Republicon Cronies could screw up a free pig roast.

This is another Evil Curse that Republicon greed and corruption and shortshightedness have brought down upon our Fruited Plains.

[leftchick]

2. fuck this shit! The FBI is closing in on pot smokers!

And those porno people!

[Eugene]

3. This was all so predictable.

Gang members infiltration of the military has been a known
problem for years. With occupied Iraq, awash in guns,
it was only a matter of time.

Gangs claim their turf in Iraq - Chicago Sun-Times