A smuggler looks down from a donkey trail used to smuggle guns into Karachi, Pakistan, March 20, 2012. Tom Hussain/MCT
Weapons Smugglers Thrive In Chaos Of Western Pakistan -- McClatchy News
KARACHI, Pakistan — The P226, a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol made by the weapons manufacturer SIG Sauer, is a favorite of law enforcement agencies and militaries worldwide, from the FBI and Navy SEALs to NATO troops in Afghanistan and police departments across the United States.
But the shipment of 232 pistols that arrived in the Pakistani city of Quetta in January was intended for a different recipient: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an al Qaida affiliate that's accused of targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The group used some of the pistols in deadly attacks and distributed others to favored militants — sort of a jihadi version of a corporate bonus — according to militants and criminals in Quetta.
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My Comment: Afghanistan and Pakistan consistently rank as two of the most corrupt countries in the world ... hence getting and reselling weapons from government armories should not surprise anyone.
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