Posted on 05/31/2015 1:47:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armored vehicles when ISIS overran the northern city of Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday.
"In the collapse of Mosul, we lost a lot of weapons," Abadi said in an interview with Iraqiya state TV. "We lost 2,300 Humvees in Mosul alone."
While the exact price of the vehicles varies depending on how they are armored and equipped, it is clearly a hugely expensive loss that has boosted ISIS's capabilities.
Last year, the State Department approved a possible sale to Iraq of 1,000 Humvees with increased armor, machineguns, grenade launchers, other gear and support that was estimated to cost $579 million.
Clashes began in Mosul, Iraq's second city, late on June 9, 2014, and Iraqi forces lost it the following day to ISIS, which spearheaded an offensive that overran much of the country's Sunni Arab heartland....
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So now they wont have to drive those beat up Toyota pick em up trucks? Well how nice
Another EPIC FAIL brought to us by the CHILD IN CHIEF sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
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Anything we give the Iraqi government will end up with ISIS.
About what solyndra green stimulus sham feel good gifting cost us. O wait the hummdees were on our dime too. Hey free spender...
I thought this as well...until these evil ISIS muzzies began executing old men, innocent woman and even kids.
Christians or anyone not a muslim are being murdered in some of the most grotesque, inhuman wayz.
It's time to put a stop to it. Don't expect the communist occupying the oval office to do it. Won't come until he no longer stains our house.
We cannot allow this to continue. When we go in, we need to go in with all we have to ensure complete victory and no long drawn out quagmire.
Not to worry...obamsky says ISIS is on the run...
“We cannot allow this to continue. When we go in, we need to go in with all we have to ensure complete victory and no long drawn out quagmire.”
I respect your right to the wrong opinion. I could care less. We have been there and done that. People over there need to fight for THEIR lives. I have no dog in that fight. I do want to shut down the borders and remove moslems from my country in a very humane way. — OUT of my country.
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. And those drivers had amazing capability, it's difficult to run toward the rear with a pantload and urine-soaked fly.
What would ever make us think he is not doing just that?
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