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| 20,000 U.S. M-16s Stolen From Unguarded Warehouse In Kuwait | ||
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| The Interior Ministry said thieves broke into a warehouse and stole a huge amount of firearms and ammunition. The ministry said 20,000 U.S.-origin M-16 assault rifles and 15,000 rounds for 9mm pistols were stolen. "There were no guards during the break-in," the ministry said on April 7.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 Mil-to-Mil programs become cash cows for corrupt foreign military leaders, and the records are either lost, forged or ignored. The number of automatic assault weapons that come out of the back of the armories in Guatemala, Panama, Mexico and other Latin American states are a major source of the automatic weapons used by the cartels. DoD knows it, Justice knows it, DHS knows it and says nothing because we might embarrass a foreign leader whose corruption is less troubling than their worthless, apparent friendship. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2013-04-13 15:42 |
| #8 Looks like Procopius2k and I are on the same page on several issues. I don't think people quite understand the reach of the Mexican drug cartels. When you can crank out the BILLIONS of dollars they can crank out, working a deal with a local group of malcontents and bribing a couple of guards to take a long break is no big deal. Feinstein needs to remember that the terrorists are getting their weaponry from sources beyond her reach, the international gun trade doesn't give a damn about a silly toothless rag of a treaty signed by an impotent bunch of diplomatic drones and poseurs at the UN. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-04-13 13:42 |
| #7 Can you imagine the logistics (people, equipment, time) to just move that much from the warehouse? And no one noticed? What other goodies are stored in unguarded warehouses in the middle East? |
| Posted by: tipover 2013-04-13 13:28 |
| #6 Be curious to see if these begin showing up on the streets of Chicago, Detroit, LA,... |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-04-13 11:33 |
| #5 Meanwhile: Feinstein: Private Gun Sales Play Into Terrorists Hands |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-13 11:11 |
| #4 Just at market value that's 20 millions dollars worth of merchandise. Probably cheaper for the cartels to run an operation like this than have straw buyers paying a thousand dollars or more in driblets north of the border since their ATF suppliers dried up. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-13 09:11 |
| #3 I assume the US Ambassador to Kuwait survived ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-13 08:14 |
| #2 I hate it when that happens. Next up: 100M rounds of ammunition grow legs and disappear from DHS stockpiles. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-04-13 04:56 |
| #1 Host nation sensibilities may preclude an immediate FBI investigation. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-13 00:41 |