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To: Toespi
THIS FROM MILITARY ,COM

Warren said the Marines destroyed their machine guns and other crew-served weapons before leaving the Embassy for the airport. He also said that it was unclear who now had custody of the weapons and vehicles that were surrendered.
5 posted on 02/11/2015 6:17:49 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey; Toespi; Jet Jaguar; Nachum

3:11 Minutes
CNN: Iran-Backed Rebels Seized U.S. Military Equipment As Embassy in Yemen Was Abandoned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmE_xOXviEY


24 posted on 02/11/2015 6:28:25 PM PST by Whenifhow
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To: MeshugeMikey

I remember reading how the embassy guards at Tehran Iran destroyed their guns to keep the attackers from using them under the Jimmah Cahtah administration.


45 posted on 02/11/2015 6:36:59 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: MeshugeMikey

Elsewhere reports insist & imply nothing was handed over, at least intact: http://abcnews.go.com/International/americans-evacuate-yemen-rebels-commandeer-cars-weapons/story?id=28900439

(’course, I’m inclined to think downplaying is part of the plan.)


65 posted on 02/11/2015 6:48:01 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Someone in the Chain of Command gave that order.

We need a NAME.

96 posted on 02/11/2015 7:17:40 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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