Detained in Kuwait, the Lebanese citizen Osama Mohammed Saeed Hayat, involved in the activities of the terrorist group "Islamic state" (IG, is prohibited in Russia), said that he made the deal to buy arms in Ukraine, reports AP. "Osama Mohammed Saeed Hayat admitted that he made the deal to buy arms in Ukraine and sent him to Syria via Turkey",— stated in the message of Agency.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2858004 - zinc
The original news in English.
Kuwait''s Interior Ministry said Thursday it cracked down on an extremist cell that was aiding the Islamic State group with support that included brokering arms deals, arresting six people from various nationalities who were operating inside the country.
The official Kuwait News Agency said police arrested a Lebanese citizen described as the ringleader named Osama Khayat, who admitted to helping IS recruit fighters and raise money that was sent to IS-related bank accounts in Turkey. The Interior Ministry said Khayat also admitted to closing weapons deals in Ukraine and using Turkey as a route to send weapons to IS fighters in Syria, where the group controls territory.
Police said they also arrested three Syrians, one of whom was an arms dealer for the IS group and another who was in charge of finances and communication. Police also detained an Egyptian who they described as a member of the group and IS a Kuwaiti national who was responsible for logistical support.
The statement said two Syrians and two Australian-Lebanese dual nationals are still at large.
A shorter, earlier statement from the news agency provided different details, including the number of arrests.
The predominantly Sunni Muslim country suffered its most devastating terrorist attack in decades in June when a suicide bomber attacked one of the Gulf nation's oldest Shiite mosques, killing 27 people in the capital.
One of the Islamic State group's affiliates in the Arabian Peninsula, calling itself Najd Province, claimed responsibility for that attack.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4c30...-arrests-extremists-cell-funded-islamic-state - zinc
PS. In this regard, natural questions arise.
1. Whether exported weapons to the Caliphate via the port of Odessa?
2. If the Ukrainian weapon from warehouses of the armed forces or come from third countries and Ukraine acted as country pads?
3. In the course of the leadership of the junta about these transactions and determine if the junta party, with which these deals were made?
If arrested in Kuwait, the arms dealer says about delivery, which was discussed in the winter leaking, the output is that through the territory of Ukraine for Caliphate were supplying weapons NATO sample, which was supervised by Avakov and Yatsenyuk and implemented through the port of Odessa, when there was a Kolomoisky protégé Mace.
Look forward to the development of this story. When Saakashvili regime when Yushchenko was removed from combat duty air defense systems and passed the ammunition, at the hearings in the Verkhovna Rada advocates of this policy claimed that "we are a free country who want to and sell/pass". It will be interesting to see how it will meet the delivery/dispatch of arms to the Caliphate, if the whole invoice is confirmed.