Pentagon reveals a loss of US weapons half billion dollars on its way to Yemen
Pentagon reveals a loss of US weapons half billion dollars on its way to Yemen
03/18/2015 13:03 GMT
Follow-up – and babysit – According to press reports, on Wednesday, the loss of the US Department of Defense, “Pentagon” The impact of shipment huge weapons worth more than $ 500 million, was heading to Yemen, citing fears of arrival up those weapons to al-Qaeda branch in Yemen.
According to the US newspaper “The Washington Post” report, that “the shipment of small arms, ammunition and night vision devices, boats, vehicles and aircraft variety and other military equipment,” noting that “the center of the political and security chaos experienced by Yemen, is no longer the US Department of Defense is able to track the shipment of weapons granted by Washington to Sanaa. ”
She added that “since the closure of the US Embassy in the Yemeni capital last February for security reasons, and the withdrawal of most US military advisers from Yemen, now follow the shipment of weapons more difficult for Washington to task,” noting that “the members of Congress have held in the past few weeks, a closed session with officials at the US Department of Defense to determine the fate of the consignment. ”
The newspaper quoted military officials as saying that “they have little information in this regard, pointing to their inability to prevent the arrival of weapons” for the wrong hands. ”
He spoke to a Pentagon official, “The Washington Post” on condition of anonymity, saying there was no evidence that the shipment of US weapons looted or confiscated, but he acknowledged that the Department of Defense has lost its impact.
The official said: “Even in the best case, the weapons in an unstable country, we have no way to be sure.”
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