Iraq arms 'leaking to insurgents' (US-sponsored arms from Bosnia)

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The United Nations agency responsible for decommissioning weapons in Eastern Europe has criticised arms exports to Iraq.

Seesac has told File On 4 that the sale of large numbers of guns from Bosnia has compromised its operation.

There are also concerns that some pistols flown from the UK which were intended for Iraqi police are now in the hands of insurgents.

A Foreign Office Minister is being pressed for details of security checks.

When Saddam Hussein was toppled from power, about 20 million weapons were estimated to be in Iraq.

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