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Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=241940
Syria's Alawites Go on Arms Shopping Spree
(Media Line-Jerusalem Post) Arieh O'Sullivan - Small arms are increasingly in demand inside Syria, particularly among the Alawite minority who fear they may face retaliation over the revolt against their co-religionist, President Bashar Assad. A Lebanese weapons dealer told the Daily Star in Beirut that the price of a Kalashnikov rifle has risen from $800 to $1,500, a grenade from $5 to $10 and a rocket-propelled grenade from $70 to over $200 each.