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Originally posted by WestPoint23
Originally posted by Daystar
I trust then, that you shall remember this in future, when you spout off your opinions and ill-informed views as fact?
Huh… Do you even know what we’re talking about? Do you even care, or is there a chip I don’t know about?
Originally posted by Daystar
...judging by the overly aggressive tone
Originally posted by WestPoint23
I doubt they are all authentic M-16’s, most are probably just fakes which are locally produced by individuals in the ME, especially in Pakistan. They look like the real thing but they aren’t.
According to Haaretz newspaper, “the IDF is not fighting a small guerrilla organization. It is dealing with a trained, skilled, well-organized, highly motivated infantry that is equipped with the cream of the crop of modern weaponry from the arsenals of Syria, Iran, Russia and China, and which is very familiar with the territory on which it is fighting.
Originally posted by iqonx
...some M16/M4 guns that Hezbollah have are actually real versions which are licensed they purchase them from weapons smugglers in Israel who steal them from the Israeli miliatry bases. So Hezbollah actually use Israeli IDF M-16 assault rifles also.
"...About 1,000 M-16 rifles and large amounts of ammunition were transferred last week from Jordan to Abbas's security forces, a move that Israel authorized to help Abbas and his Fatah party in their confrontation with Hamas.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced the decision last week in London, causing senior PA officials in Ramallah to express outrage with Israel for going public on the issue..."