http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20137021/
^ here's the story
"Much of the equipment provided to Iraqi troops, including the AK-47s, originates from countries in the former Soviet bloc. In a report last year,
Amnesty International said that in 2004 and 2005 more than 350,000 AK-47 rifles and similar weapons were taken out of
Bosnia and
Serbia, for use in Iraq, by private contractors working for the Pentagon and with the approval of
NATO and European security forces in Bosnia."