The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
Russia and China should be held responsible for profiting off others' suffering. There is a reason these communist countries ignore calls for peace, climate, and international peace. It is called PROFITS.May 9, 2021
By Lee Brown
Wild images show thousands of assault weapons, (click here) machine guns and sniper rifles the US Navy says it found on a sailing ship believed to be bringing them from Iran to support the war in Yemen.
The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons hidden aboard a dhow, a traditional Mideast sailing ship spotted in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea off Oman and Pakistan, the Navy said Sunday alongside images and video of the arsenal laid out.
The huge cache was found below deck, most wrapped in green plastic, officials said of the two-day operation that started Thursday.
It included nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, a variant of the Kalashnikov, as well as hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper rifles, the Navy said.
There were also dozens of advanced, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, and several hundred rocket-propelled grenade launchers and optical sights for weapons, according to the Navy....
The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons hidden aboard a dhow, a traditional Mideast sailing ship spotted in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea off Oman and Pakistan, the Navy said Sunday alongside images and video of the arsenal laid out.
The huge cache was found below deck, most wrapped in green plastic, officials said of the two-day operation that started Thursday.
It included nearly 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, a variant of the Kalashnikov, as well as hundreds of other heavy machine guns and sniper rifles, the Navy said.
There were also dozens of advanced, Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, and several hundred rocket-propelled grenade launchers and optical sights for weapons, according to the Navy....
These are not minor weapons. Russia and China got away with it under the previous administration. It is time for the global community to act as one and end the export of weapons by Russia and China. Global embargoes on all raw materials imported by Russia and China that produce these weapons should be sanctioned. The soldiers on the USS Monterey saved lives, why didn't Russia and China care more for the thousand upon thousands that would have died?
Thousands of illicit weapons are displayed onboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey.
