U.S. failed to keep proper track of more than $1 billion in weapons and equipment in Iraq

[rangerrebew]

U.S. failed to keep proper track of more than $1 billion in weapons and equipment in Iraq

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff May 24 at 2:10 AM



IRBIL, Iraq — The U.S. Army failed to properly keep tracks of hundreds of humvees, tens of thousands of rifles and other pieces of military equipment that were sent to Iraq, according to a government audit from 2016 that was obtained by Amnesty International and released Wednesday.

The price of the equipment — meant to equip the Iraqi army, Shiite militias and the Kurdish peshmerga — totaled more than $1 billion.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/05/24/u-s-failed-to-keep-proper-track-of-more-than-1-billion-in-weapons-and-equipment-in-iraq/?utm_term=.0a5ceea88f41

[Fishrrman]

Hmmmmm...

... almost like someone higher-up -wanted- slack record-keeping with the intent that at least some of them might fall into the wrong hands...

[anubias]

Hmmmmm...

... almost like someone higher-up -wanted- slack record-keeping with the intent that at least some of them might fall into the wrong hands...

I can't possibly imagine why or who would do such a thing.