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February 12, 2009

Report: U.S. Failed To Track 87,000 Arms Shipped to Afghanistan
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A new federal report has revealed the U.S. military has failed to
properly track about 87,000 weapons that the Pentagon shipped to Afghan
security forces, leaving the arms at risk of being stolen or sold to the
Taliban. The arms include thousands of AK-47 assault rifles as well as
mortars, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The
situation is similar in Iraq where the U.S. military lost track of some
190,000 pistols and automatic rifles supplied to security forces in 2004
and 2005.



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