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   The Black Market Arms Trade
 
 
he world is awash in weapons. So many weapons in so many countries that people everywhere are beginning to ask where do they all come from. After the war against Iraq, the United States and many other nations piously promised to reduce the flood of conventional weapons to and among Third World countries. Yet, conventional weapons move in ever-increasing numbers from one country to another virtually unrestrained. Illicit transfers of conventional arms is referred to as the "black" or "gray market."
 

Featured Experts:

Aaron Karp, Old Dominion University, Former Director
Arms Transfer Project

Richard Mercier, Director, Strategic Investigations Division
United States Customs Service

Kenneth Timmerman, Author
"The Death Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq"

Produced: March 20, 1994
Running Time: 29 minutes
Show Number: 727

Price: $19

 
 

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