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Militias Now Use Facebook Groups As Weapons Bazaars. by Frankicent(m): 4:32pm On Apr 08, 2016
A terrorist has been active on Facebook groups hoping to buy an anti aircraft weapon in recent years. The group has been has been hosting sprawling online arms bazaars, offering weapons ranging from handguns and grenades to heavy machine guns and guided missiles.
The Facebook posts suggest evidence of large-scale use of military weapons coveted by terrorists and militants. The weapons include many distributed by the United States to security forces and in the Middle East. Which violate Facebook’s recent ban The New York Times provided Facebook with seven examples of suspicious groups, the company shut down six of them.

Source:www.geeklogic.net/militias-now-use-facebook-groups-as-weapons-bazaars/

Re: Militias Now Use Facebook Groups As Weapons Bazaars. by Frankicent(m): 4:41pm On Apr 08, 2016
missiles, heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, rockets and anti-matériel rifles, used to disable military equipment, through several Libyan Facebook groups since September 2014.

Re: Militias Now Use Facebook Groups As Weapons Bazaars. by Frankicent(m): 4:42pm On Apr 08, 2016
A TOW launcher, a wire-guided anti-tank missile system, was advertised on a Facebook group in Syria with this message: “There is a TOW launcher, brand new, whoever wants it should contact us via private messages or WhatsApp.”

Re: Militias Now Use Facebook Groups As Weapons Bazaars. by Frankicent(m): 4:43pm On Apr 08, 2016
A Facebook page in Libya offered an array of military and police equipment.

Re: Militias Now Use Facebook Groups As Weapons Bazaars. by Frankicent(m): 4:45pm On Apr 08, 2016
group members

Re: Militias Now Use Facebook Groups As Weapons Bazaars. by surrogatesng: 3:06pm On Apr 09, 2016
see terrorists! wonders shall never end

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