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190,000 weapons 'missing in Iraq'
August 6, 2007 - 02:26 PM
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The US military cannot account for 190,000 AK-47 assault rifles and pistols given to the Iraqi security forces, an official US report says.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Pentagon cannot track about 30% of the weapons distributed in Iraq over the past three years.
The Pentagon did not dispute the figures, but said it was reviewing arms deliveries procedures.
About $19.2bn has been spent by the US since 2003 on Iraqi security forces.
GAO, the investigative arm of the US Congress, said at least $2.8bn of this money was used to buy and deliver weapons and other equipment.
Correspondents say it is now feared many of the weapons are being used against US forces on the ground in Iraq.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6932710.stm
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Ángela
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Re: 190,000 weapons 'missing in Iraq'
August 7, 2007 - 12:19 PM
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Well, it might be true that these weapons are being used against US forces, sadly, but is the logical consequence of arms trade leaded by USA. I believe declaring with surprise that they cannot find them now is irresponsible, since they should have taken weapons to Irak and that they should have stopped the invasion long time ago.
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Re: 190,000 weapons 'missing in Iraq'
August 9, 2007 - 07:51 PM
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If they are going to go bomb places and things up maybe they could at least look after all the weapons, i guess its a good thing for iraq cause if they find the weapons then they can keep them
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