http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/11/10/diamonds-guns-and-dirty-money/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/11/10/diamonds-guns-and-dirty-money/comment-page-1/#comment-70983 TWR Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:22:26 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/11/10/diamonds-guns-and-dirty-money/#comment-70983 The case of Uruguay is a bit more complex than the LA Times made it out to be. The shipment was of 15,000 bullets to be used in three Iranian made rifles (yes, there were only 3!) that the Uruguayan military had somehow acquired. The bullets were to be loaded onto the Uruguayan naval vessel 'General Artigas', which was returning home after dropping off troops in Haiti and conducting military exercises with Panama. There is no question that Venezuela was facilitating the transfer, but it is unclear whether or not Uruguay was even aware of the origin of the weaponry. Some suggest that the 'bombshell' dropped by the Uruguayan legislator Javier Garcia (of the opposition blancos) was a shrewd political move to make the Vazquez administration look inept and duplicitous. In any case, this is either a direct attempt by Iran to peddle arms in the US' backyard or a case of Venezuelan opportunism trying to hock surplus military gear and trying to circumvent the UN embargo against Iran. The case of Uruguay is a bit more complex than the LA Times made it out to be. The shipment was of 15,000 bullets to be used in three Iranian made rifles (yes, there were only 3!) that the Uruguayan military had somehow acquired. The bullets were to be loaded onto the Uruguayan naval vessel ‘General Artigas’, which was returning home after dropping off troops in Haiti and conducting military exercises with Panama. There is no question that Venezuela was facilitating the transfer, but it is unclear whether or not Uruguay was even aware of the origin of the weaponry. Some suggest that the ‘bombshell’ dropped by the Uruguayan legislator Javier Garcia (of the opposition blancos) was a shrewd political move to make the Vazquez administration look inept and duplicitous. In any case, this is either a direct attempt by Iran to peddle arms in the US’ backyard or a case of Venezuelan opportunism trying to hock surplus military gear and trying to circumvent the UN embargo against Iran.

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/11/10/diamonds-guns-and-dirty-money/comment-page-1/#comment-70941 Chris Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:47:39 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/11/10/diamonds-guns-and-dirty-money/#comment-70941 Funny how the revolution always comes to resemble rampant puberty. Funny how the revolution always comes to resemble rampant puberty.

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