political : QUARTER-MILLION AMERICAN WEAPONS MISSING IN IRAQ [+] serious ballot by cranky ACTIVE Mon Oct 30, 06 - Sat Jul 25, 09 Quarter-million American weapons missing in Iraq Oct 30, 2006 Hundreds of thousands of military weapons sent to Iraq for use by Iraqi Security Forces are missing and presumed in the hands of insurgents who use those weapons to kill Iraqi civilians and American soldiers, a government report admits. The U.S. military cannot account for about 278,000 weapons destined for 325,500 members of the Iraqi Security Forces. The weapons had been purchased for the Iraqis as of August, and had apparently not complied with a requirement to register the serial numbers of all the weapons, the report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction concluded. The report found that about $133 million of Iraqi reconstruction funds had been used to buy some 370,000 small arms ranging from semiautomatic pistols to heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. But it said Iraqi security forces lacked spare parts -- and even technical manuals -- to maintain the weapons. Moreover, Iraqi forces had failed to fill open arms maintenance positions, and the accuracy of inventories for three of the 12 types of weapons purchased were "questionable," according to the report. It also said it could not find evidence that coalition forces had complied with a U.S. requirement to register the serial numbers of all small arms, a key concern "given the importance of controlling these sensitive items -- particularly given the security environment in Iraq." (Capitol Hill Blue/Reuters) * * * * * * * * Would it be ironic if the number one arms supplier to the Iraqi insurgents was the United States, rather than Iran, Syria, etc? Yes, that would be ironic No, that's ridiculous. The insurgency is in its last throes Ballot #104337 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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