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Criminal Gangs Are Taking U.S. Shipments of Weapons Meant for Ukraine
townhall.com ^ | 7/23/2023 1215 hrs | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 07/23/2023 9:40:04 AM PDT by rktman

It turns out all of the millions of dollars worth of arms weapons the Biden Administration is sending to Ukraine to fight its ongoing war with Russia are ending up in the hands of criminal gangs.

The U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general report found a lack of accountability in maintaining the equipment it sends to Ukraine.

According to the 19-page report by the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a group posing as humanitarian aid workers worked to obtain a hoard of U.S.-provided bulletproof vests.

“In late June 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of Ukrainian criminals posing as members of a humanitarian aid organization who distributed bulletproof vests,” the report read. “The group illicitly imported the vests and sold them rather than distributed them to Ukrainian forces. A group member was found with a cache of vests worth $17,000.”

The report was issued last October, and since then, the U.S. has provided over $113 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including military, humanitarian, and financial aid.

Other groups managed to steal weapons stockpiles, hundreds of rifles, and helmets.

“In mid-August 2022, the SBU disrupted a group of volunteer battalion members who took more than 60 rifles and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition and stored them illegally in a warehouse, presumably for sale on the black market,” the report continued.

The GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which calls for a special inspector general to oversee spending in Ukraine.

Despite the Biden Administration opposing such an act, Republicans have vowed to stop sending millions of U.S. dollars to Ukraine.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Philosophy; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: weaponsofwar
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WHAT!!!!!! All the weapons of war aren't going where they were supposed to? Maybe if joementia yells at them they'll give the stuff back.
1 posted on 07/23/2023 9:40:04 AM PDT by rktman
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GIBS-ME-DAT war booty to sell low for hard cash.


2 posted on 07/23/2023 9:41:38 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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They are probably ending up in the hands of the Mexican cartels.


3 posted on 07/23/2023 9:41:42 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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Hardly news.


4 posted on 07/23/2023 9:42:33 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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CIA is just arming its next agents of influence, control and color-revolution in Europe


5 posted on 07/23/2023 9:43:05 AM PDT by PGR88
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DC is a criminal gang


6 posted on 07/23/2023 9:44:50 AM PDT by delchiante
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“60 rifles and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition “

If that’s all.....raise your hand if you think it’s a real problem..

NOW ..... raise your hand if you think that is all..

hmmmm....


7 posted on 07/23/2023 9:44:55 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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How else are the politicians supposed to get their kickbacks?


8 posted on 07/23/2023 9:45:22 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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” .... a lack of accountability in maintaining the equipment it sends to Ukraine.”

*****

Why is this NOT a surprise? It does not appear that there is such a thing as accountability in government, medicine, or anything else these days.


9 posted on 07/23/2023 9:45:53 AM PDT by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
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Fast and Furious Part Deux.


10 posted on 07/23/2023 9:46:17 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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The globalists are a criminal gang.


11 posted on 07/23/2023 9:46:52 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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Next they’ll be telling us that all the money is going where it’s supposed to! /s


12 posted on 07/23/2023 9:50:40 AM PDT by Spok
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This is OK. We have to help our friends in Ukraine defeat the evil Putin who's hopefully dying of cancer right now. We love our government and their proxy wars that create migrants to flood back into our countries. We love politicians who use military and foreign aid to enrich themselves while our cities go to pot. This is fine. I love Zelenskyy. He's a great dancer and comedian. If you don't support this, you are a Putin loving troll who wants Russia to conquer the world.

< /S >

13 posted on 07/23/2023 9:54:26 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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This is OK. We have to help our friends in Ukraine defeat the evil Putin who's hopefully dying of cancer right now. We love our government and their proxy wars that create migrants to flood back into our countries. We love politicians who use military and foreign aid to enrich themselves while our cities go to pot. This is fine. I love Zelenskyy. He's a great dancer and comedian. If you don't support this, you are a Putin loving troll who wants Russia to conquer the world.

< /S >

14 posted on 07/23/2023 9:54:26 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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It turns out all of the millions of dollars worth of arms weapons the Biden Administration is sending to Ukraine to fight its ongoing war with Russia are ending up in the hands of criminal gangs.

Blatantly false. If they said: Not all of the millions of dollars worth of weapons... it would be correct.

Claiming "all" of anything is silly, in such a conflict as the Ukraine-Russia war.

15 posted on 07/23/2023 9:55:31 AM PDT by marktwain
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I am thinking we are all in the wrong business.


16 posted on 07/23/2023 9:55:32 AM PDT by oldasrocks (uit )
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Yah, can’t expect Zelynskyy to successfully launder all the monies. Passing some off to actual thugs (not Ukraine thugs) is an easy way to skim.
Part of the original scam.


17 posted on 07/23/2023 9:55:37 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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Violent crime against innocent, non-violent citizens will rise, and the dems will use that as the excuse for taking guns from the innocent, non-violent citizens.


18 posted on 07/23/2023 9:56:34 AM PDT by I want the USA back (A man is not a woman. A woman is not a man. There is no in-between or undefined middle. Cat = cat.)
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Remember when Joe swapped Britney Griner for an international arms dealer? Now it makes sense. Maybe the arms dealer is donating 10% to Joe and his family.


19 posted on 07/23/2023 9:58:28 AM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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Thus no !!!BREAKING!!!!


20 posted on 07/23/2023 9:58:31 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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