Une spécialité libanaise : promener le journaleux pour amuser la presse internationale.
Syrian uprising means good business for gun-smugglers | News | National Post
►http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/25/gun-smuggling-business-is-booming-thanks-to-syrian-uprising
BAALBEK, Lebanon — Weapons dealer Abu Wael has traded guns in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley since the last days of his country’s civil war, nearly a quarter of a century ago.
This has been his busiest year ever.
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Prices for Kalashnikovs have risen 75% to as much as $2,000 each, while M16s doubled to $2,500, reflecting the surge in demand for arms. The biggest jump was in the price of rocket-propelled grenades, which together with a launcher now cost $2,500 compared with $400 before, when demand was minimal.
Et pour finir, une présentation de ce Abu Wael :
He spoke to Reuters with his face covered by an Arab keffiyeh headdress, clutching one of his rifles. He said he deliberately dressed in the scruffy clothes of a Bekaa farmer to avoid attracting attention, never spoke by telephone, and declined to be identified by his full name.
Donc, ce que tu comprends là, c’est que le journaliste n’a aucun moyen de savoir s’il a interviewé un vendeur d’armes de renommée internationale mais super-incognito qui se fait passer pour un fermier de la Bekaa, ou s’il a interviewé un fermier de la Bekaa qui se fait passer pour un vendeur d’arme.
Tu veux mon avis ? C’est un fermier de la Bekaa.