Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The US Lost Track of a Billion Dollars Worth of Weapons in Iraq—Again

In June 2014, Iraqi forces dropped their weapons, shed their uniforms, and abandoned their posts as ISIS militants stormed into and captured Mosul. More than a year later, the United States began funneling $1.6 billion worth of new weaponry and other support to the beleaguered Iraqi army. The arsenal included tens of thousands of assault rifles, hundreds of armored vehicles, hundreds of mortar rounds, nearly 200 sniper rifles, and other gear. ...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/us-weapons-iraq-isis-tracking-lost-again +

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