It's not just the Iranians who are supplying weapons to the Iraqi resistance
posted by
Wally
3:03 PM
Your tax dollars at work... US cannot account for 190,000 guns in Iraq
The US government cannot account for 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005, according to an investigation carried out by the Government Accountability Office.
According to the July 31 report, the military "cannot fully account for about 110,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 80,000 pistols, 135,000 items of body armour and 115,000 helmets reported as issued to Iraqi forces."
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US commanders often accuse foreign powers such as Iran of supplying arms to illegal militias fighting in Iraq, but the report shows they cannot fully account for the hundreds thousands of weapons they brought in themselves. That 10 Billion a month we're paying for the occupation in Iraq seems like much more of a bargain once you realize that it's supplying both sides of the fight.
Supplying the Enemy
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