As Syrian Uprising Escalates, Business Booms For Lebanon's Arms Dealers -- Time
Abu Rida barely has time to talk. As he carefully attaches a home-made folding stock onto a dilapidated AK-47 assault rifle, the barrel-chested arms dealer quotes prices to a group of young men looking to buy guns and ammunition. Every few seconds his cellphone rings, as yet another customer places an order or inquires about the latest deals.
The turmoil in neighboring Syria has been good for business, as Abu Rida and other black-market arms dealers in Lebanon find themselves swamped by Syrians looking either to protect their families in case the violence worsens, or for the means to shoot back at the security forces sent to crush the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad.
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My Comment: This is laying the groundwork for a civil war in Syria. If there is no compromise in Syria (which is what I expect) .... I expect the arms merchants are going to enjoy a boom in business for a very long time.
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