Illicit Weapons in War Zones: Iraq as a Case Study
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small arms survey 2008: risk and resilience
10th International Security ForumGeneva, April 2013
Illicit Weapons in War Zones: Iraq as a case
study
Matt Schroeder, Small Arms Survey and the Federation of American Scientists
Illicit weapons in war zones
■ Illicit weapons project phase I: war weapons
■ Case studies: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia
■ 8,000 records/80,000 weapons/+1500 caches & transfers
Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013
Illicit weapons project: key findings
■ Small arms: Kalashnikov-pattern assault rifles
■ Light weapons: early model Soviet-designed systems
■ Few if any latest-generation light weapons
Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013
Illicit weapons in Iraq (type)
Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013
Illicit weapons in Iraq (country)
Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013
Iranian weapons – small cal. ammo
Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013
Iranian weapons – 107 mm rocket
Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013
Iraq, 2007 Levant, 2009 Nigeria, 2010
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