GAO says 19.2 BILLION $$ worth of eqipment in Iraq is NOT accounted for yet, we

[rodeodance]

continue to pour it into that black hole!




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Topic subject Gates:US Must Speed Up Weapons For Iraq
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3016571, Gates:US Must Speed Up Weapons For Iraq
Posted by SecularMotion on Thu Oct-04-07 12:51 PM


........The U.S. Government Accountability Office said earlier this year that the Pentagon cannot fully account for $19.2 billion worth of equipment provided to Iraqi security forces............

Source: NY Times

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- The United States must deliver weapons to Iraq more quickly, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, in the wake of an announcement that the Iraqis have ordered $100 million in military equipment from China.

He agreed that there are concerns that it is harder for the U.S. military in Iraq to track weapons purchased from countries other than America. In many cases, the Iraqis cannot account for weapons, which often end up in the hands of insurgents.
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''This is an issue that we have to look into and see what we can do in the United States to be more responsive and be able to react more quickly to the requests of our friends,'' Gates said. ''Unfortunately the (foreign military sales) program was set up in a way that was not intended to provide sort of emergency or short term supplies, as in the case of Iraq and we're trying to figure out how to do that better.''

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Gates-Weapons.html

[burythehatchet]

1. It's all good. Chaos=Profits

[TwilightGardener]

2. Yep--it's clear that competency and efficiency isn't nearly as lucrative as a

corrupt clusterfuck.

[killbotfactory]

3. That's just the stuff our defense contractors sold to the insurgents

nothing to worry about, it's all part of the plan. :eyes:

[hisownpetard]

4. That black hole is filled with blackwater. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that more than half the amount

that would fund SCHIP for the next 5 years?

[catnhatnh]

6. 4 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers.....

would be an equivalent loss... (Wiki:Nimitz cost 4.5 Billion per copy).Now THAT'S some piss poor accounting.