Iraq lost 2,300 Humvee Armoured Vehicles in Mosul: PM

Daily Mail ^ | 6-1-2015 | AFP

[tcrlaf]

Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles when the Islamic State jihadist group 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 armoured and equipped, it is clearly a hugely expensive loss that has boosted IS' capabilities.

[tcrlaf]

Some have been used for Suicide bombs, including this weekend's Baghdad Hotel bombings.

[b4its2late]

Only 2,300? /s

[TexasCajun]

"Wait! ...Not My Job!"

[Sioux-san]

Everything going as planned...

[boycott]

I just don’t believe you lose 2300 that way. There had to be intent on behalf of some.

[Resolute Conservative]

Next we will find out that some tactical nuke artillery ordinance was left behind.

[Cicero]

"Oh, what a shame!"

[eclectic]

Let's print some more money and buy them some more Humvees!

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Iraq’s loss was IS’s gain. We will have to fight them on the streets of Baghdad when IS overruns the place and we at last send in troops—it will be too little, too late.

[boycott]

Baghdad will overrun before Obama says he will act decisively and then do nothing.

[keving]

Now they need to loose some oil to pay for it.! Now you know why these thieving peoples were ruled by a dictator.

[McGruff]

[tumblindice]

[ballplayer]

I am sure this will headline every news channel today and will B discussed 24/7 for the foreseeable future

[TexasCajun]

I can only suspect our Intel actually watched in real time, by satellite and drone and told again our military to stand down.

So, the plan to arm I.S.I.S to overthrow Assad was not interrupted.

[USMCPOP]

So what happened? Did the soldiers just abandon the hummers and slip away into the crowds so as not to be noticed?

[blueunicorn6]

This sounds like baloney. 2300 vehicles without drivers? Nope. Baloney. This is another attempt by the Obama Administration to explain away the equipment they gave to our enemies as ransom.

“All those vehicles? Oh, they were captured in Iraq.”

Baloney.

[SandRat]

NO! They didn't lose them. The ENEMY seized/captured them.

[The Great RJ]

How many M1 tanks, shoulder fired anti aircraft weapons and M16 s are now in ISIS hands? Thanks to Obama’s cut and run policy ISIS now has the best equipped army in the Middle East. No wonder the Saudis are out to buy Pakistani nukes.

[The_Media_never_lie]

What is wrong with this man?