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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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To: rktman

Biden crime family gangs


21 posted on 07/23/2023 9:58:59 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: 1of10

Don’t raise your hand if you meet or exceed the numbers mentioned...............


22 posted on 07/23/2023 9:59:18 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rktman

We’re paying the salaries of the Ukraine government plus they’re selling some of the weapons we’re giving them.


23 posted on 07/23/2023 10:00:37 AM PDT by Pollard (The USA has political prisoners!)
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To: marktwain

Okay. SOME of the stuff intended for the ukes is being stolen. 😉👍


24 posted on 07/23/2023 10:01:17 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rktman

Next they will tell us that the billions in cash can’t all be accounted for and that the aid meant to help the people was stolen.


25 posted on 07/23/2023 10:04:36 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: rktman

What a complete surprise!


26 posted on 07/23/2023 10:09:03 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: rktman

Yeah, really! Nobody “out here” really knows the intended recipients. Gee, the Oliver North gambit comes to mind.


27 posted on 07/23/2023 10:09:13 AM PDT by GingisK
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28 posted on 07/23/2023 10:11:49 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Criminal Gangs Are Taking U.S. Shipments of Weapons Meant for Ukraine

Yea, but the Big Guy still gets his 10%...... and that’s the important part!

29 posted on 07/23/2023 10:12:55 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: rktman
So, a YEAR AGO a few dozen nrifles were pilfered, out of tens if not hundreds of thousands? This probably is within the "shrinkage rate" of inventories here at home.

But certain Putin Propagandists (you know who you are) will make it into a cause celebre for as long idiots will listen.

30 posted on 07/23/2023 10:13:08 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: rktman
” the numbers mentioned...............”

ya boy ..3 usable riffles and 57 clubs...

I think this tells us more about the ones making a fuss then the ones stealing weapons.
It seems like more of a misdirection to me ...

hey look over here I found some grunts pinching a couple of boxes ....
no no don't look over there at that rail car full of things ... nothing to see there ..

31 posted on 07/23/2023 10:15:56 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: I want the USA back

Bingo!


32 posted on 07/23/2023 10:34:17 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: rktman

As long as the Big Guy gets his cut?


33 posted on 07/23/2023 10:34:47 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: rktman

Like about 99% of it.


34 posted on 07/23/2023 10:36:40 AM PDT by sport
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To: rktman

It’s a damn good thing Congress hasn’t demanded an audit be attached to your tax dollars 💸


35 posted on 07/23/2023 10:40:03 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: rktman
In 1980, the Carter Admin sent $60 million to Nicaragua under the Sandinistas, then we discovered they were shipping weapons to El Salvador, and the money was suspended. And we know the rest of the history with the Contras and the Sandinistas during Reagan's time in office.

I'd like to know the total amount of money and lives the U.S. has wasted fighting proxy wars since WWII ended.

36 posted on 07/23/2023 10:53:44 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: JonPreston

So, will we get some dividends from “out” investment in the ford EV loan of our tax dollars?


37 posted on 07/23/2023 10:53:45 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: rktman

This is not an accident. Biden has berm doing this on purpose.


38 posted on 07/23/2023 10:59:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: rktman

I saw a police chief in Finland complaining motorcycle gangs we getting automatic weapons from US supplies to Ukraine.


39 posted on 07/23/2023 11:02:41 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Spok

From the point of view of the corrupt elites, all the money IS going where it’s supposed to! (into their secret accounts)


40 posted on 07/23/2023 11:08:03 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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