Ukraine Probes Alleged Aid to Iraqi Insurgents

[Ulysses]

Trying to by arms is not a surpise, but the fact that they were trying to buy SAMs and recruit Ukrainians is. Anyone know anything about this?

Ukraine Probes Alleged Aid to Iraqi Insurgents

Prosecutors in Ukraine are investigating whether a local company tried to smuggle $800 million worth of weapons to insurgents in Iraq.

A spokesman for the prosecutor general's office in Kiev would not identify the company, but said the munitions included surface-to-air missiles.

The spokesman says four men, from Greece, Iraq and Pakistan, are at the center of the case. In addition to weapons smuggling, they are suspected of trying to set up training camps for fighters against U.S.-led forces in Iraq. They also are accused of offering a Ukrainian citizen money to recruit mercenaries and military experts, particularly those with knowledge of explosives.

The official alleged the foreigners also developed a program to finance the camps.