Comments on: .50 Caliber Sniper Rifles Supplied to Iraq Insurgents by Iran http://neveryetmelted.com/2007/02/13/50-caliber-sniper-rifles-supplied-to-iraq-insurgents-by-iran/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Petroy parsley http://neveryetmelted.com/2007/02/13/50-caliber-sniper-rifles-supplied-to-iraq-insurgents-by-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-166000 Petroy parsley Sun, 30 May 2010 21:09:20 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=2193#comment-166000 Wow that's a dangerous rifle. Wow that’s a dangerous rifle.

]]> By: JDZ http://neveryetmelted.com/2007/02/13/50-caliber-sniper-rifles-supplied-to-iraq-insurgents-by-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-110318 JDZ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:12:27 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=2193#comment-110318 The later report is here: http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=2660 The later report is here:

http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=2660

]]> By: richruss http://neveryetmelted.com/2007/02/13/50-caliber-sniper-rifles-supplied-to-iraq-insurgents-by-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-110317 richruss Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:52:11 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=2193#comment-110317 You forgot to tell the rest of the story. According to Steyr CEO Franz Holzschuh, nobody has contacted the manufacturer to compare serial numbers and verify if the weapons found in Iraq really were part of the Iranian shipment as of February 14.[2] According to Steyr, patents for the HS .50 ran out years ago, and fraudulent copies are produced in several countries of the world.[3] Also the Daily Telegraph had to admit in April 2007 that it was not able to verify the story. You forgot to tell the rest of the story.

According to Steyr CEO Franz Holzschuh, nobody has contacted the manufacturer to compare serial numbers and verify if the weapons found in Iraq really were part of the Iranian shipment as of February 14.[2] According to Steyr, patents for the HS .50 ran out years ago, and fraudulent copies are produced in several countries of the world.[3] Also the Daily Telegraph had to admit in April 2007 that it was not able to verify the story.

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