Sudan: Arms trade fuelling human rights abuse in Darfur: Amnesty

international | anti-war / imperialism | other press Monday November 22, 2004 18:12 by pc

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"...Military aircraft and components have been sold from Russia, China and Belarus and helicopter spares from Lithuania. Tanks, military vehicles and artillery were transferred from Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia and Poland. Small arms and light weapons were exported mostly from China, France, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Arms brokering has been offered from Bulgaria, Germany, the UK and Ireland, and military cooperation by Belarus, India, Malaysia and Russia...."

A british man has been brokeing arms deals to Sudan via Ireland to get around British arms trade laws...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1247520,00.html