Weren't they finding G3's in armories and weapons caches in Iraq? I'm guessing at least some of them were captured from the Iranians during the Iran/Iraq War?
Then again, I heard they found all sorts of "antique" firearms in weapon caches around there....Lee-Enfield rifles, MP-40 submachine guns, MG-42 machine guns, the occasional flintlock pistol(!) etc.
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