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How Governments Arm Militias Without Leaving Fingerprints
When Israeli intelligence reportedly armed the Abu Shabaab clan in Gaza as a counterweight to Hamas, it revived an ancient practice of statecraft: proxy arming. This episode breaks down the four operational models governments use — direct supply, third-party transfers, financial enablement, and training-plus-equipment packages — and explores the fundamental tension between plausible deniability and operational control. Drawing on cases from Iran-Contra to the Sons of Iraq program, we examine how sponsors obscure weapons origins, maintain dependency, and why the denial game is always part of…
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