The US arsenal lost in Iraq

[EV_Ares]

· 110,000 AK-47s
· 80,000 pistols
· 135,000 bits of armour

Ewen MacAskill in Washington
Tuesday August 7, 2007
The Guardian

The US has lost track of about 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces since the 2003 invasion, some of which will have ended up in the hands of insurgents, according to an official report published in Washington. Among the missing items are AK-47 rifles, pistols, body armour and helmets.
The disclosure adds to the picture of the chaotic and clumsy administration of Iraq that has emerged over the last four years.The report, by the government accountability office, which sent its report to Congress last week, found a 30% gap between the number of weapons issued to Iraqi forces and records held by US forces in Iraq. No one in the Bush administration knows where the weapons are now.


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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2143072,00.html

[Double T]

1. This single issue should be more than enough to impeach the entire WH.

As usual, NOTHING will ever be done.

[whistle]

2. Go check the armories of Blackwater, the missing weapons are there

....that's right $100 billion worth!

[C_U_L8R]

3. Ummm.... why are there AK-47s in OUR arsenal ???

Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947

where the heck did they come from???
Any congresscritters asking ???

[sailor65]

4. They aren't in ours

More likely they were procured specifically for the Iraqis. They cost a whole lot less than our gear.