From: John Cuccia 

Bush would never invade a state with a Republican governor.

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:46:26 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

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>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=JPKY4R41A1KIBQFIQMGCFF4A
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>Austrian sniper rifles that were exported to Iran have been discovered in
>the hands of Iraqi terrorists, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
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>More than 100 of the.50 calibre weapons, capable of penetrating body armour,
>have been discovered by American troops during raids.
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>The guns were part of a shipment of 800 rifles that the Austrian company,
>Steyr-Mannlicher, exported legally to Iran last year.
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>The sale was condemned in Washington and London because officials were
>worried that the weapons would be used by insurgents against British and
>American troops.
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>Within 45 days of the first HS50 Steyr Mannlicher rifles arriving in Iran,
>an American officer in an armoured vehicle was shot dead by an Iraqi
>insurgent using the weapon.
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>Over the last six months American forces have found small caches of the
>œ10,000 rifles but in the last 24 hours a raid in Baghdad brought the total
>to more than 100, US defence sources reported.
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