http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/world/asia/27ammo.html?_r=1&ex=1364270400&en=c04d358a662752c5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin


March 27, 2008
Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans

By C. J. CHIVERS
This article was reported by C. J. Chivers, Eric Schmitt and Nicholas Wood and written by Mr. Chivers.
Since 2006, when the insurgency in Afghanistan sharply intensified, the Afghan government has been dependent on American logistics and military support in the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
But to arm the Afghan forces that it hopes will lead this fight, the American military has relied since early last year on a fledgling company led by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur.
With the award last January of a federal contract worth as much as nearly $300 million, the company, AEY Inc., which operates out of an unmarked office in Miami Beach, became the main supplier of munitions to Afghanistan’s army and police forces.



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I don't think so but we can start early.

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Geez...I wonder if those two clowns could pass a "backround check" like you have to do at a gun-show...

Is there anything that resembles a "Do-Diligence" platoon, or some sort of bureaucratic/logistics operation within our government to even check these things out?

Why do we always seem to have to REACT to screw-ups when, with a little effort, we can avoid looking like Laurael & Hardy in: "HOW TO MAKE AN A-BOMB" - slap-shtick at its deadliest.

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Thats so cool! I'm in the wrong business! International arms dealing sounds so interesting. Also screwing the government out of money has its own charm.

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