The contract, signed on Tuesday by Venezuelan Defense 'Minister Jorge Garcia and Sergei Ladygin, the regional chief of Russia' s state arms agency Rosoboronexport, provides for the AK-103 guns to be delivered between October and March, 1TAR-Tass said.
President Hugo Chavez's plan to buy the new assault rifles from Russia has drawn sharp criticism from the U.S. government, which has suggested the guns could fall into the hands of other groups, such as leftist Colombian
The U.S. govemment is opposed to the transaction because it is afraid that ______

A. the guns may fall in the hands of Colombian rebel
B. the guns may be used to assault the civilians
C. Venezuelans may attack U.S. with the guns
D. it may begin a new round of armament race in the region