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Monday, August 13, 2007

i think we found some of those missing weapons

and they're not being used to play games either

they're not just in iraq either.

and tell me, WHO, just WHO is accountable? who is going to come to justice? if anyone, it will be some lower level stooge they offer up. we all know who SHOULD come to trial. for this AND for crimes against humanity

Iraq's Arms Bazaar
How firearms intended for Iraqi security forces are winding up in the hands of extremists across the region.



By Christopher Dickey
Newsweek
Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue - On the afternoon of Feb. 5, 2006, at a small church in the Turkish Black Sea city of Trabzon, Father Andrea Santoro was kneeling in prayer when a bullet from an Austrian-made Glock 9mm pistol hit him in the back and pierced his heart. The soft-spoken 60-year-old Italian priest, who lived in poverty ministering to the city's tiny Christian community, slumped to the floor, and the killer squeezed off another round. "Allahu akbar!"—"God is great"—said the shooter, a 15-year-old boy with a grudge against the West..............

.....There are many more where those came from. At least three U.S. government agencies are now investigating the massive "disappearance" and diversion of weapons Washington intended for Iraqi government forces that instead have spread to militants and organized gangs across the region. The potential size of the traffic is stunning. A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office last month showed that since 2004, some 190,000 AK-47 assault rifles and pistols, bought with U.S. money for Iraqi security forces, have gone missing.............

2 comments:

Commander Zaius said...

General Petraeus was in charge of this little SNAFU so I'm absent any warm fuzzies about his report to congress in a few weeks.

Unknown said...

i didn't realize until very recently he is responsible for this report. we truly ARE doomed