190,000 US weapons disappear.

or; the BIG whoops.

Published on August 6, 2007 By SanChonino In Current Events

So . . . according to The Guardian, approximately 190,000 American-issued weapons have gone missing.

From the story:

The weapons include AK-47 machine guns, pistols, body armour and helmets, some of which will have ended up in the hands of insurgents.

The report, by the Government Accounting Office, which sent its report to Congress last week, found an alarming 30% gap between the number of weapons issued to Iraqi forces and records held by US forces in Iraq.

The 20-page report is entitled Stabilising Iraq: department of defence cannot ensure that US-funded equipment has reached Iraqi security forces. It says that the Pentagon and the multinational force in Iraq responsible for training "cannot fully account for about 110,000 AK-47 rifles, 80,000 pistols, 135,000 items of body armour and 115,000 helmets reported as issued to Iraqi forces as of September 22, 2005."

The report says that the former commander of the training of Iraqi forces said about 185,000 AK-47s, 170,000 pistols, 215,000 pieces of body armour and 140,000 helmets were issued as of September 2005. But the property books contain records for only about 75,000 AK-47s, 90,000 pistols, 80,000 pieces of body armour and 25,000 helmets.

That's a lot of weaponry to go missing. Where was governmental oversight for this? Or maybe we should say . . . "governmental overshiite". All I know is . . . that's a lot of guns that are in the hands of people that we don't want to have them.

And it scares the crap out of me, if that sort of thing can happen so easily.

Comments

SanChonino

on Aug 06, 2007

Cello? Cello?

SanChonino

on Aug 06, 2007

Where Are The Dogs Humping.com

danielost

on Aug 06, 2007

why would we give them ak-47s when we make the m-16

SanChonino

on Aug 07, 2007

Huh.

So basically, no-one but me is concerned that 190,000 weapons are missing.

Jythier

on Aug 07, 2007

I, too, wondered about the AK-47's.

I am quite concerned that they're missing, but I'm much more concerned about them turning up. I really hope we just misplaced them in a storage unit nobody knows about, to be found in a couple days... but I doubt it.

"some of which will have ended up in the hands of insurgents."

Basically saying, we don't know where they are, but we know the enemy has at least some of them, because that's what probabilities say. Have we found any with insurgents? How would we know?

Dr Guy

on Aug 07, 2007

The weapons include AK-47 machine guns,

190,000 American-issued weapons have gone missing.

Since when did we start making AK47s?

dynamaso

on Aug 08, 2007

Since when did we start making AK47s?

I believe there is a difference between 'made' and 'issued'.

This is very disturbing. Enough weaponary has 'disappeared' to arm a not too inconsiderable army. I'm not certain, but I think the loss of 190,000 weapons would completely disable Australia's ground forces.

Very scary indeed.

danielost

on Aug 08, 2007

Australia's ground forces.

they have one

dynamaso

on Aug 08, 2007

Australia's ground forces.

they have one

If you're trying to be provocative, then it is not going to work on me. If you're trying to be funny, then maybe you should learn how to use emoticons. Either way, to answer your question, yes, we do and if you knew anything, you'd know Australia has ground forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor and a number of other places.

MasonM

on Aug 08, 2007

The AK-47 comment in the article proves just how stupid the press really is. There wasn't a single AK involved in this. Yes, a few weapons, 190,000 or so, are unaccounted for, but that's no big deal really. It's just a few guns.

It's the bullets we need to keep track of.

danielost

on Aug 08, 2007

i got this one off of red/green show.

canada has an airforce and he goes home at 6

dynamaso

on Aug 08, 2007

i got this one off of red/green show.

canada has an airforce and he goes home at 6

Yeah, way to win friends and influence people; be smug and superior and lord it all over everyone else.

danielost

on Aug 08, 2007

i got this one off of red/green show.

Canada has an air force and he goes home at 6

Yeah, way to win friends and influence people; be smug and superior and lord it all over everyone else.

obviously you have never seen the red/green show

it is a comedy show from Canada.

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