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Weapons Given to Iraq Are Missing

Posted on | 6 August 2007 | Comments Off

We are arming them to kill us over there so we don’t have to arm them to kill us over here?


Heckuva job, Boy George!

Weapons Given to Iraq Are Missing
GAO Estimates 30% of Arms Are Unaccounted For

By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 6, 2007; A01

The Pentagon has lost track of about 190,000 AK-47
assault rifles and pistols given to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and
2005, according to a new government report, raising fears that some of
those weapons have fallen into the hands of insurgents fighting U.S.
forces in Iraq.

The author of the report from the Government Accountability Office says U.S. military
officials do not know what happened to 30 percent of the weapons the
United States distributed to Iraqi forces from 2004 through early this
year as part of an effort to train and equip the troops. The highest
previous estimate of unaccounted-for weapons was 14,000, in a report
issued last year by the inspector general for Iraq reconstruction.

The
United States has spent $19.2 billion trying to develop Iraqi security
forces since 2003, the GAO said, including at least $2.8 billion to buy
and deliver equipment. But the GAO said weapons distribution was
haphazard and rushed and failed to follow established procedures,
particularly from 2004 to 2005, when security training was led by Gen. David H. Petraeus, who now commands all U.S. forces in Iraq.

The
Pentagon did not dispute the GAO findings, saying it has launched its
own investigation and indicating it is working to improve tracking.
Although controls have been tightened since 2005, the inability of the
United States to track weapons with tools such as serial numbers makes
it nearly impossible for the U.S. military to know whether it is
battling an enemy equipped by American taxpayers.

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