US "Loses" $500 Million In Weapons Given To Yemen, Now In Al-Qaeda Hands

Zerohedge ^ | 3/23/15 | Tyler Durden

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And, naturally, after noting that "the employees said that more than 20 vehicles were taken by the fighters after the Americans departed from Sanaa's airport" we asked how long until we have a "tabulation of losses to US taxpayers, just like the great Islamic State 'robbery' of hundreds of millions in US military equipment in Iraq?" That, of course, was another epic US intervention success story.

Anyway, thanks to WaPo we have an answer: according to Jeff Bezos' recent media acquisition, "the Pentagon is unable to account for more than $500 million in U.S. military aid given to Yemen."

Obviously, "can't account for" means "has lost." But while the US does not know where nearly half a billion in weapons can be found, it is more than informed who is the current owner: there are "fears that the weaponry, aircraft and equipment is at risk of being seized by Iranian-backed rebels or al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials."

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Easy come easy go.

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[molson209]

This is how Obama gets US weapons into the hands of his friends the Iranians

[John S Mosby]

Love that— “unable to account for”. BS. They can account for the fact they are no longer in our hands. So, account for the fact they are in al-qaeda’s and try to come up with a “clever op” to try to say they are sabotaged arms we can turn against them, or some other bull shiite.

[NonValueAdded]

JFC

[John S Mosby]

Can you work up a “price tag” for these items, guessing or speculating on contract price to the US. A Humvee is worth... what? An M-4.

The drones could be useless to these goobs. With or w/out the software and system tracking.

Damn— 200 Glocks

[M Kehoe]

Ya know, even after 6 yrs, 0bama worshipers still blame Bush for everything.

You can't fix stupid.

5.56mm

[Kartographer]

Yes 200 Glocks and no background checks!

[MaxMax]

Hmm, imagine a couple ending up back home. Conspiracy heads would explode.

[windcliff]

Exactly.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The present administration is of the boob, by the boob and for the boob.

[JustTheTruth]

The country is rotting from the head ...

[rockinqsranch]

Exactly. NOT the first time. The act is getting old.

[boycott]

“the Pentagon is unable to account for more than $500 million in U.S. military aid given to Yemen.”

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I am sure some in Washington think that means we need to send them more.

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[American Constitutionalist]

FAST & FURIOUS II but on a grander scale.

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[tumblindice]

Oops. More criminal negligence.

[RC one]

I remember spending a couple of weeks road marching all over Bosnia looking for a lost pair of NVGs and another infantry company that had to stay overseas for an extra week or two looking all over Bosnia for an M16 (that turned up eventually). I remember an entire base being shut down over a missing claymore (which turned out to be a clerical error) and I can't count the number of soldiers that have had to purchase gear, with their own money, that they lost or broke.

Losing equipment in the military is a pretty big deal. people go to jail over it.

This is a bunch of BS.