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The Brooklyn Connection
URL: http://www.pbs.org/pov/thebrooklynconnection/

Description:
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) P.O.V. program that "shows the terrifying ease with which a charming Brooklyn [New York] businessman raised $30 million during the Kosovo War, purchased weapons across the USA, and shipped them legally to Albania to be smuggled into Kosovo." Includes background information about Kosovo and about U.S. gun laws and the international arms trade, a "journey of the gun" feature, and more.

Author:
Quirijns, Klaartje

Publisher:
American Documentary, Inc.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Arms transfers
Firearms industry and trade
Kosovo (Serbia) -- History -- Civil War, 1998-1999
Krasniqi, Florin
People

LII Database Information:
Record 3136 created by Jennifer English on 07/23/2005
Last modification on 09/04/2009
Published: 07/23/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3136