US Army loses another 12,000 guns and trucks

[bemildred]

Source: Herald (UK)

The US military in Iraq has lost track of another 12,000 weapons, including more than 800 machine-guns, and everything from 2100 new electricity generators to half a dozen garbage trucks.

The latest gap in record-keeping follows a report by the US government's accountability office in the summer which revealed that 190,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles and automatic pistols earmarked for Iraqi government forces had gone astray in 2004 and 2005 and could be in insurgent hands.

The US Defence Department said an audit between March and May this year could trace only £41m-worth of armoured vehicles and other equipment worth more than £500m which was supposed to be part of Iraq's police and army training and outfitting package.
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Items which had disappeared without leaving a paper trail included 2300 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 7000 pistols and 18 heavy recovery vehicles worth £5m.

Read more: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/other/display.var.1908328.0.US_Army_loses_another_12_000_guns_and_trucks.php

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Those damn RPG launchers are sooo hard to keep track of.

[Lost4words]

1. I wish they would loose them over hear.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Oooops. Smirk, smirk, smirk." - Commander AWOL

"You were maybe expecting something approaching basic competence from republicon cronies following a leader who is a Connecticut Yankee preppy cheerleader AWOL pretend-Texan Skull & Boner flunky?

"Bwaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha! Follow the leader. Bwa ha ha ha ha! Smirk, smirk, smirk."

- Commander AWOL

[gratuitous]

3. The missing RPG launchers may not have left a paper trail

But they will surely leave a vapor trail just before they take off one of our guys' heads.

But I'm a peacenik, against the war, want more people to die traitor, so what do I know?

[zabet]

4. Who's

zooming who?
:puke:
Illegal arms make the
war go 'round, make the
war go 'round, make the
war go 'round.
Illegal arms make the
war go 'round, all the
killing days.
:puke:

[Bigmack]

5. Ya think Iraq could be a future trouble spot?

All that ordnance floating around.... artillery rounds from Saddam's day still unsecured... militias of every flavor... everybody's pissed!

Consider this, too... Saddam kept a lid on thievery of weapons and military equipment. The US has taught the locals that all this good shit is up for grabs... get yours now!

[Javaman]

6. Yeah "loses"...who are they supplying? nt

[pattmarty]

7. Out of the stuff named, the RPG's are the scariest.

[tchunter]

17. i'd be more worried about the missing vehicles

one of those loaded with artillery shells and explosives still bearing coalition or iraqi government identification might not have as hard of a time getting close to important facilities.

[razors edge]

8. I bet they went to Paraguay.

Along with some sharks with freaking laser beams on their freaking heads.

[Bitwit1234]

9. Missing or on the black market.

[0007]

10. Didn't they just lose a military installation the other day?

[madmom]

11. not to hard to figure out..we're arming both sides!

[Ganja Ninja]

13. Yup! Priming the pump for the civil war they want to break out

after Bush leaves office. That way they can blame it all on the Democrats. Meanwhile the Bush crime family and house of Saud will support the Sunni's in an all out war on the Shia and Iran.

[classysassy]

12. Viet Nam#2

you can bet your last peso,some of the good ole boys from Viet Nam #1,are making mucho bucks on the black market.

[tuckessee]

14. No problem.

The taxpayers will pay for more.

[BreweryYardRat]

15. 1st thing the new Dem President needs to do is fire every contractor in Iraq for gross incompetence.

And frankly, I think we should seize every bloody penny they've made for the treasury, throw most of their staff into prison, and quite possibly execute a few CEOs/boards of directors as examples.

This is incompetence beyond the fucking pale, because they KNOW they can just keep sucking on the government teat no matter how badly they screw up, since all the fucking mil-industrial top dogs are asshole buddies with BushCo.

[Tellurian]

16. Fire Sale at Cheney Mart!

Cheney is selling off our eqpt to the highest bidder.

See the movie "Lords of War"..Nick Cage.