Sadr City, the South Bronx of Baghdad, has always been a rough neighborhood. Needless to say, carrying a gun here is considered a legal, moral right. Today, American and Iraqi troops are trying to do the once-unthinkable, and take Sadr City's weapons away...Mission accomplished?
In this part of Baghdad, the government of Nuri al-Maliki has rescinded the old "one AK-47 per household" rule; unless a weapon is registered - or belongs to a member of the security forces - it will be confiscated.
But don't worry--it says they're going to use those search warrants we talked about...
[Via Plug Nickel Times]
Not sure if I saw it on your blog David, but last week Iraqi kids were being told to turn in their toy guns.
ReplyDeleteThat's called "practice."
ReplyDeleteliberated at last.
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