Pentagon cannot account for 14,030 weapons

nauc · #1 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 12:07 AM

almost 4 percent of the semiautomatic pistols, assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other weapons it began supplying to Iraq since the end of 2003, according to a report from the office of the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction.

The missing weapons will not be tracked easily: The Defense Department registered the serial numbers of only about 10,000 of the 370,251 weapons it provided -- less than 3 percent.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...aqaudit30.html

ZerO Stay Tokin · #2 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 12:13 AM

uncle osama has them.

Rasta_Man · #3 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 12:14 AM

That is a fuckload of ordinance to be missing.

ohh AND taxpayer money.

Kalect · #4 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 12:28 AM

Actually, it's more expensive to bring small arms (Small meaning even bazookas) back home than it is to produce new ones. Militaries from all countries routinely leave behind their arms. Gun runners usually get ahold of them unless they are destroyed (which most times they aren't, it costs $$$) and sell them to others. The governement doesn't care because it's cheaper for them, and the guns often find themselves in the hands of people they cannot support directly, but who have the same enemy as we do.

If you have never seen Lord of War, I suggest you watch it. Extremely good movie based on true events.

Weapons disappear all the time. The difference this time is someone noticed. Still, this will be forgotten next week, and no one will realize the next massacre in the middle east or africa is carried out with our weapons.

And technically, it's probobly not even among the larger instances of illegal disappearance of weapons.

chipcago · #5 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalect

Actually, it's more expensive to bring small arms (Small meaning even bazookas) back home than it is to produce new ones. Militaries from all countries routinely leave behind their arms. Gun runners usually get ahold of them unless they are destroyed (which most times they aren't, it costs $$$) and sell them to others. The governement doesn't care because it's cheaper for them, and the guns often find themselves in the hands of people they cannot support directly, but who have the same enemy as we do.

If you have never seen Lord of War, I suggest you watch it. Extremely good movie based on true events.

Weapons disappear all the time. The difference this time is someone noticed. Still, this will be forgotten next week, and no one will realize the next massacre in the middle east or africa is carried out with our weapons.

And technically, it's probobly not even among the larger instances of illegal disappearance of weapons.

Yep, pretty much.

DirtyPete · #6 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 02:23 AM

Well, that's nothing compared to the 2.3 trillion dollars that Donald Rumsfled told us they were missing on September 10, 2001.

"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions"

8,000 dollars for every man woman and child.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKJNxdmX6Y

chronictoker · #7 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 02:44 AM

I've always wanted an rpg...for hunting bald eagles. So if anybodys knows wheres I can get me one of those, holler. I'm willing to trade refugees for them, just name your price....

Rasta_Man · #8 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyPete

Well, that's nothing compared to the 2.3 trillion dollars that Donald Rumsfled told us they were missing on September 10, 2001.

"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions"

8,000 dollars for every man woman and child.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKJNxdmX6Y

I knew that was out there somewhere, thanks for finding it.

2.3 trillion dollars.

That could finance a small army with the ability to hit a first world country in unconventional means while keeping their true motives and identity secret

Bleezie_King · #9 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 05:45 AM

missing, or SOLD?

Kalect · #10 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bleezie_King

missing, or SOLD?

Heh, That's pretty much semantics. If their missing, someone sold them.

Eckolaker · #11 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyPete

Well, that's nothing compared to the 2.3 trillion dollars that Donald Rumsfled told us they were missing on September 10, 2001.

"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions"

8,000 dollars for every man woman and child.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKJNxdmX6Y

NICE!!!!!!!!!

Here is some more info on $2.3 Trillion in pentagon funds...

http://cooperativeresearch.org/searc...arch=Go#events

Eckolaker · #12 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 06:43 PM

As for the missing munitions...I call shannanigans!

My guess, is that they were either sold, stolen(from the inside), or used in a manner that we would not them tracked. Such as the mortar attack last?

IGotTheCottons · #13 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chronictoker

I've always wanted an rpg...for hunting bald eagles. So if anybodys knows wheres I can get me one of those, holler. I'm willing to trade refugees for them, just name your price....

LMFAO!!! Dude... That's great!

It reminded me of an article I read in MAXIM a while back... You can go to Indonesia and blow a cow up with an RPG for $400... You can shoot chickens and shit with Anti-Aircraft Artillery for $200...

chipcago · #14 (**permalink**) 11-01-2006, 12:47 AM

Here's a political cartoon regarding the issue.

'I the only one thinkin' political cartoons are just too damn cliche?

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#1 (permalink) 10-31-2006, 12:07 AM
nauc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 40	Pentagon cannot account for 14,030 weapons almost 4 percent of the semiautomatic pistols, assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other weapons it began supplying to Iraq since the end of 2003, according to a report from the office of the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. The missing weapons will not be tracked easily: The Defense Department registered the serial numbers of only about 10,000 of the 370,251 weapons it provided -- less than 3 percent. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...aqaudit30.html

#2 (permalink) 10-31-2006, 12:13 AM
ZerO Stay Tokin ALL ABOUT GETTIN PAID. Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: N Y C Posts: 3,867	uncle osama has them. __________________

#3 (permalink) 10-31-2006, 12:14 AM
Rasta_Man Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 11,212	That is a fuckload of ordinance to be missing. ohh AND taxpayer money.

#4 (permalink) 10-31-2006, 12:28 AM
Kalect The Fourth Horseman Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 176	Actually, it's more expensive to bring small arms (Small meaning even bazookas) back home than it is to produce new ones. Militaries from all countries routinely leave behind their arms. Gun runners usually get ahold of them unless they are destroyed (which most times they aren't, it costs $$$) and sell them to others. The governement doesn't care because it's cheaper for them, and the guns often find themselves in the hands of people they cannot support directly, but who have the same enemy as we do. If you have never seen Lord of War, I suggest you watch it. Extremely good movie based on true events. Weapons disappear all the time. The difference this time is someone noticed. Still, this will be forgotten next week, and no one will realize the next massacre in the middle east or africa is carried out with our weapons. And technically, it's probobly not even among the larger instances of illegal disappearance of weapons. __________________ Now this is a story, all about how these chicks get tricked and don't know how, so I'd like to take a minute and explain to them, all this crazyness in our relationships.

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DirtyPete Freaker By The Speaker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N̵̨̢̦̖̦̱̭̩̪̟̱̞͇̄͛ͧͥͨ́͐͌̌ͯͧ̏̇̽̀Y̅̏ͭ̑͑͑̆̓͊͆ͭ͌&# Posts: 8,932	Well, that's nothing compared to the 2.3 trillion dollars that Donald Rumsfled told us they were missing on September 10, 2001. "According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions" 8,000 dollars for every man woman and child. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKJNxdmX6Y

#7 (permalink) 10-31-2006, 02:44 AM
chronictoker the doors of perception Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Love Posts: 2,298	I've always wanted an rpg...for hunting bald eagles. So if anybodys knows wheres I can get me one of those, holler. I'm willing to trade refugees for them, just name your price.... __________________ "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere." - Carl Sagan

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Bleezie_King where shall i go next? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco (planning to travel, though) Posts: 11,294	missing, or SOLD? __________________

#12 (permalink) 10-31-2006, 06:43 PM
Eckolaker Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 170	As for the missing munitions...I call shannanigans! My guess, is that they were either sold, stolen(from the inside), or used in a manner that we would not them tracked. Such as the mortar attack last?

#14 (permalink) 11-01-2006, 12:47 AM
chipcago Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NW Chicago suburbs Posts: 1,898	Here's a political cartoon regarding the issue. 'I the only one thinkin' political cartoons are just too damn cliche?

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