Pentagon: to provide weapons more than one billion dollars to Iraq without follow-up and registrati

Pentagon: to provide weapons more than one billion dollars to Iraq without follow-up and registration

a wish  Since 2017-05-25 at 09:32 (Baghdad time)

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A report by the Pentagon revealed that the US military has not recorded and properly monitored military equipment and weapons valued at more than one billion US dollars, submitted to the Iraqi army as part of the training and processing program.
The US Department of Defense has declassified the report, published in September 2016, under the title "The Army did not effectively monitor the number and location of military equipment from the Iraqi Army Training and Processing Fund" at the request of Amnesty International.
The Iraqi Army Training and Training Fund is set up in 2015 by a US Congress resolution, with $ 1.6 billion allocated to the program from the defense budget.
According to the report, the failure of the US military to monitor and follow-up on the correct weapons and equipment mentioned, because of the inventory of weapons in the records and documents written manually, rather than the existence of a central system for it.

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The Washington Post: Pentagon failed to hunt down weapons and military equipment Iraq received one billion dollars


 Translation: Hamid Ahmed

According to an audit report and a review of government accounts for the year 2016, the US military 's failure to maintain follow careful and check the system for huge numbers of military equipment and weapons sent to Iraq worth more than one billion dollars and included hundreds of Humvees and tens of thousands of guns and pieces of other weapons were going to arm the Iraqi army The forces of the crowd of Shiite militias and Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
He said Patrick and Ken, a researcher in the field of human rights and the reduction of the spread of weapons of Amnesty International, in a statement, " The audit report of this shows us a concern for a failed control system may be at risk , followed by the US military in control of military equipment in millions of dollars and check the final go to her employer area on a high degree of instability. "
The transfer of weapons and equipment part of the Iraq Fund program for training and armament originally allocated a sum of $ 1.6 billion authorized by the National Defense Act in 2015 to help Iraqi forces operations in the face of the organization Daesh threats. The Defense Act was allocated for the year 2017 amount to $ 919.5 million for this fund.
Revealed review and audit the presence of record unstructured report contributed to these findings cited by the report reached included a data tables reproduced and handwritten receipts and the lack of a central database to monitor and track the transfer of arms.
In addition, the audit report stated that according to the provisions of the Iraq Fund for training and armament program if it is the transfer of equipment to the Iraqi government, the Pentagon no longer requires him to follow the fate of the Muslim article as long as it is a US government ownership is no longer.
While not constitute equipment such as military or protectors clothing against lead any problem, the lack of existence of any accountability data for after delivery of weapons and ammunition US provides opportunities POSSIBILITY transform the fate of this equipment path is illegal for parties is not interested in receipt.
It overwhelmed the Middle East region is currently US weapons and equipment and with the decision taken by President Trump preparing Kurdish forces in Syria with more weapons , it is unclear whether the United States learned a lesson from previous mistakes in the region.
He and Ken said , " the need for a data record of the post - delivery is vital. Any slackening in the follow - up delivery of weapons process increases the risk of transmission of arms to groups undisciplined in an area where armed in which aggregates a series of committed violations and cause great human suffering."
According to the audit report after it raised by the inspector general of the Pentagon , "the fund management training and armament proposed corrective action plan to implement a two-step detection and accounting system" concerns.
The report did not give details of what may be required by the correction plan. However , it may include the authority to oversee more than before in charge of the follow - up section of the Pentagon and the verification of the final user of the weapons sent, the department is following the transfer of weapons and equipment by the United States to other countries processed by the process.
A report audit the Iraq Fund program for training and armament for the 2015 accounts for the same gaps in the current report , which also included the absence of any data record of what little after delivery on the Iraqi side.
According to a report published in The New York Times, the British activist Ian Aovirton, a researcher in matters of armed violence and former journalist at the BBC has happened with the research team contracts for the Pentagon over 14 years , which revealed that the United States had been equipped with a variety of armed groups in Iraq and Afghanistan weapons fire was prepared more than 1.45 million pieces.
Those weapons included more than 978 thousand and 266 thousand rifles and a pistol from approximately 112 thousand submachine gun. And it is not known how many of these weapons remained in possession of the official parties that have sent these weapons.

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Amnesty International talks about the disappearance of US weapons worth one billion dollars in Iraq

BAGHDAD - The US military is unable to locate the huge amount of weapons and military equipment worth more than $ 1 billion that has been sent to Iraq over the past years, Amnesty International said.
The organization warned that some of these weapons may have fallen into the hands of armed "da'ash" or armed groups backed by Iran.
The organization has benefited from the US Freedom of Information Act and has obtained the results of the 2016 US government examination. It revealed the absence of accurate records on the distribution of weapons and equipment sent by the United States to Iraq and where they are currently located.
The Amnesty International said it had documented the American failure to control the distribution of weapons and equipment within the Iraqi military leadership.
The Amnesty International insisted that the problem was not new. The examination of the accounts in 2015 revealed similar problems. The Pentagon had already pledged to Congress in 2007 to tighten controls on weapons supplied to Iraq, even at this time.
According to Amnesty International, the delivery of military aid to Iraq is through the Iraq Train and Equip Fund, which in 2015 provided weapons and equipment worth 1.6 billion dollars to support Iraqi forces in the fight against the organization "Daash." According to the organization, these supplies included tens of thousands of assault rifles and hundreds of mortars, as well as armored Humvees. Amnesty International said the suicide bombers used cars of this type on a regular basis to carry out suicide bombings.
The Amnesty International report said the Pentagon's recent report showed that the above-mentioned problems remain with regard to arms control supplied to Kuwait and Iraq. She pointed out that there are some handwritten codes in the records concerned there, which increases the risk of errors. In general, such records do not provide sufficient information to determine the whereabouts of the weapons mentioned above. Finished

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Pentagon admits failing to follow up the transfer of US weapons in Iraq, one billion dollars

The security landscape Thursday , 25 May 2017
BAGHDAD / Sky Press

Revealed a regulatory report to the US Department of Defense, "Pentagon", that the US military did not follow proper registration and military equipment and weapons worth more than US $ billion, submitted to the Iraqi army in the framework of training and equipment program. According to news agency quoted "Anatolia" Turkish.

It raised the US Department of Defense's secret recipe and blocking the report, which was published in September 2016, under the title of "the failure of the army control relevant actors to monitor the number and locations of military equipment from the training and equipping of the Iraqi Army Fund", and at the request of Amnesty International.

The training and equipping the Iraqi Army Fund, in 2015, the decision of the US Congress, where it was monitoring billion and $ 600 million for the program from the defense budget.

According to the report, the lack of US military conduct surveillance and follow-up on the correct weapons and equipment mentioned, is due to an inventory of weapons in the records and documents written by hand, instead of having an automated centralized system for it.

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This is what was said by the security and defense committee on the disappearance of US weapons in Iraq, one billion dollars

The security landscape Thursday , 25 May 2017



Stressed the security and defense committee member of the Parliamentary Majid Ghraoui, Thursday, that America is borne by the consequences of those deals, noting that the recent corruption that began to deal with people being suspicious and non-owners of the relationship.

He Ghraoui told the "Sky Press," that "America is borne by the consequences of the disappearance of large quantities of weapons and military equipment in Iraq, noting that it" embarked on corruption because they are dealing with people who are not the owners of the relationship. "

He added that "Washington held those suspicious transactions and worth more than one billion dinars" stealth "with some countries to dispel the Iraqi money and plunder its oil," he said, adding that he "was supposed to deal with the President of the House of Representatives and the security and defense committee to ensure the safety of transport normally."

He called Ghraoui US Department of Defense to "send the contracts and documents they are talking about with them and with whom they have contracted so that we can follow up with the Ministry of Defense and national security advisers."

He stressed that "the Pentagon is always trying to meet the charges on the Iraqi government and to show the failure of ministries to resolve those issues."

The International Amnesty said on Wednesday that the US military is unable to locate the presence of huge quantities of arms and military equipment worth more than one billion dollars, have been sent to Iraq over the past years.

The organization warned that "part of these weapons may have occurred in the hands of militants Daesh," noting that it "has benefited from the US Freedom of Information Act and obtained the government examination of the accounts of the Pentagon for the year 2016 results."


The report of the regulatory US Department of Defense, "Pentagon" confirmed that the US military did not follow proper registration and military equipment and weapons worth more than US $ billion, submitted to the Iraqi army in the framework of training and equipment program. According to news agency quoted "Anatolia" Turkish.


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