Another danger of arming militias, Smith said, is potential mass defections to the insurgency, and a flare-up of fighting between militias belonging to rival strongmen, such as Dostum and Atta.
That's why medical journals have long drawn attention to the dangers of arms sales.
Mr. Obama, during a private meeting in Washington in April, warned Sheik Hamad about the dangers of arming Islamic radicals in Syria, though American officials for the most part have been wary of applying too much pressure on the Qatari government.
D. M. MARKOWITZ Wilton, N.Y., Jan . 7 2013 To the Editor: "More Guns = More Killing" (Sunday Review, Jan . 6, detailing the dangers of arming school guards, is based on hard data and not the emotionalism of the Sandy Hook horror or the politics of the National Rifle Association.
Brazil does not see any danger of an arms race indeed, nobody objects to the mooted sale of Super-Tucanos.
While critics point to the danger of selling arms that could be turned on Russia, Mr. Putin contends that Moscow can help to bring Iran out of its isolation, something the United States has long sought to achieve.
Those who care for their own security cannot ignore the danger of an arms race in the Middle East or East Asia.
And other negative consequences include the danger of an arms races and the wasted money and energy that are spent on preparing for war.
The last 10 months have brought overdue attention to the danger of terrorists armed with nuclear and radiological explosives, biological plagues like smallpox and anthrax and nerve gases like sarin.
Long debates about the merits and dangers of an arms embargo.
The document also suggests that Mr. Lakhani was aware of the dangers of illegal arms trading, which, it said, he described as more risky since the Sept. 11 attacks.
