US sent sniper rifles to bin Laden fighters

Twenty-five high-powered sniper rifles were sent by the United States Government 12 years ago to a group of Muslim fighters in Afghanistan that included Osama bin Laden, according to court testimony and the guns’ maker.

The rifles, made by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, of Tennessee and paid for by the government, were shipped during the collaboration between the United States and Muslims then fighting to drive the Soviet Union from Afghanistan.