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Ivan Angelovski, Lawrence Marzouk, Roberto Capocelli | BIRN

Small Croatian Island Becomes ‘Unofficial’ Pentagon Arms Supply Hub

A small airport on a Croatian island has become an important but unofficial logistical base for Pentagon shipments to the Middle East, likely including arms for Syrian rebels.

October 10th, 2017

By Ivan Angelovski, Lawrence Marzouk, Roberto Capocelli | BIRN

Small Croatian Island Becomes ‘Unofficial’ Pentagon Arms Supply Hub

Low-cost airlines packed with sun-seekers are the norm for Rijeka airport on the Croatian island of Krk. But since April, they have been sharing a runway with vast cargo planes carrying munitions and unidentified military supplies for the Pentagon’s wars in the Middle East, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has

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