US weapons missing in Iraq

[OneAngryDemocrat]

Nearly one of every 25 weapons the military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing, according to a government audit released yesterday. Many others cannot be repaired because parts or technical manuals are lacking.

The Pentagon cannot account for 14,030 weapons -- almost 4 percent of the semiautomatic pistols, assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, and other weapons it began supplying to Iraq since the end of 2003, according to a report from the office of the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/10/30/us... /

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