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Iraq cash-for-arms deal begins
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| josh4 |
Weapons handover begins in Sadr City
Amnesty applies to Iraqis loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
Monday, October 11, 2004 Posted: 6:04 PM EDT (2204 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqis aligned with Medhi militia began trickling into police stations Monday in Baghdad to exchange their weapons for coupons they can later use to get cash from the Iraqi government.
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LOL yeah rite. Sure... we'll give you cash... but not now, later.... Now give us those guns, you don't need 'em!  |
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| Perfect_Cheezit |
| maybe itll work :confused: |
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| josh4 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit
maybe itll work :confused: |
oh ive no doubt about that. every weapon in the hands of the officials and not some illiterate rebel militant is 10 times better |
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| smokeape |
Well, I suppose they could get a bonus for a chemical round while they're at it.
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| neoh |
considering... I don't think it's all that bad of an idea.
Most people in Iraq are poor, getting rid of guns is definantly the first step - and turning in weapons for money may save a life. |
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| josh4 |
| quote: | Originally posted by neoh
considering... I don't think it's all that bad of an idea.
Most people in Iraq are poor, getting rid of guns is definantly the first step - and turning in weapons for money may save a life. |
I read somewhere they already had a similar program going where they give kids candy for turning in weapons. The story went something like a kid was running up to soldiers with a grenade they almost shot him ... he was just trading it in for candy. |
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| Perfect_Cheezit |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
I read somewhere they already had a similar program going where they give kids candy for turning in weapons. The story went something like a kid was running up to soldiers with a grenade they almost shot him ... he was just trading it in for candy. |
kinda like the native americans with alcohol, vaguely :nervous: |
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| Q5echo |
i was watching CNN covering this today and i saw some serious firepower trading hands.
it's all good IMO. |
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| josh4 |
| Well yes we're all agreed that this is a good policy, but leave it to the Bush administration to botch things up. I bet after a few more weeks of people turning in weapons they launch a SUCKKAS campain and start taking over militant areas by force. |
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| Q5echo |
your logic is off.
the guns i saw today, like i said, were pretty serious. we're talking heavy machine guns (Dragons and 7.62mm Kalishnakovs) RPG launchers and RPG's ect.
these fighters are very poor and some have families. when faced with a choice of self preservation or trying to get another AK-47 to replace the perfectly good one you just sold in a country that has made all civilian firearms constitutionaly illegal, then that choice should be pretty simple.
there might be a simpler explaination too. maybe they ran out ammo? |
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| ogvh5150 |
| quote: | Originally posted by the Communist Manifesto
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.
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It just gets better and people get dumber. Just the way they want it. |
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| NYCTrancefan |
| What happens when the money the have been given runs out:conf: |
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