Posted on 08/13/2016 11:41:37 PM PDT by RC one
The Islamic State (ISIS) can count on one source of support for ready weapons in its brutal attempts to take over Iraq and Syria — the U.S. taxpayer.
A first-time field study report by an international weapons-tracking think tank, Conflict Armament Research (CAR), has discovered six U.S.-made and U.S.-issued M16A4 assault rifles, each stamped, "Property of U.S. Govt.," among weapons captured by Kurdish militia battling ISIS.
The report states, "Islamic State forces have captured significant quantities of U.S.-manufactured small arms and have employed them on the battlefield."
The rifles likely were captured by ISIS from military stockpiles when they overran cities in Iraq and Syria. The weapons originally were provided to Iraq as "part of a multibillion-dollar U.S. program to arm and train the Iraqi military," BuzzFeed reports.
Some of the weapons' serial numbers have been obliterated by arc welders or altered to hide their point of origin.
Capture of the M16A4s, a 5.56 mm x 45 mm rifle, carries the disturbing implication that ISIS has also captured extensive amounts of ammunition — because those rifles rely on ammunition that is a relative rarity in the Middle East, where Russian 7.62 mm x 39 mm ammunition, used in the AK-47 assault rifle, is much more common.
"This implies that they can also rely on a steady supply of that type of ammo at the moment, probably captured in Iraq as well," Spleeters told BuzzFeed
ISIS "took the weapons stores of the 2nd and 3rd [Iraqi army] divisions in Mosul, the 4th division in Salah al Din, the 12th division in the areas near Kirkuk, and another division in Diyala," Jabbar Yawar, secretary-general of the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, told the Los Angeles Times. "We're talking about armaments for 200,000 soldiers, all from the Americans."
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If I left a loaded gun laying on the coffee table in a a house with a couple of 5 year olds and then left for work, and one of them shot himself or the other, who would the jury find responsible?
The act is so criminally negligent that it is, for all inents and purposes, intentional.
An ISIS fighter holding an American rifle. Note the bullet proof vest.
ISIS terrorist with American-made M-4 rifle.
Way to go, Obama and Hillary.
Let’s send gov malloy and sen DICK blumenthal after them.
Hypocrite blumenthal has ‘nam fighting experience.
Expect no drive-by coverage of this; if they did, their logic would be...**If we didn’t have these weapons of war, the rascally muslims wouldn’t have them**
Let’s sue the manufacturers.
I certainly hope you omitted the sarc tag
Just to keep the record ‘straight’
Blumenthal received several draft deferments during the Vietnam War before enlisting.[10] He served in United States Marine Corps Reserve units in Washington, D.C. and Connecticut from 1970 to 1976.[11] He attained the rank of sergeant and received an honorable discharge at the end of his enlistment.[12]
From his Bio in wikipedia ( I thought he was a JAG Officer??)
When JF’nKerry was running I made up a bumper sticker:
.........PROUD
“I was a ^Vietnam Vet before it was fashionable”
It was placed over a 12” Vietnam ribbon.
Went like hotcakes at first - very popular in the VFW Halls I frequented at the time...
I’ve watched hundreds of ISIS in combat videos online. Seen a US or NATO rifle in use maybe twice? The real game changer has been the Raytheon TOWs supplied to Al-Nusra and the FSA. That’s the real scandal.
That seems to be a bit odd. Why would ISIS care about the serial numbers on weapons? I think this was done by the Obama/Hillary administration before they delivered the weapons.
That way, you couldn't trace the weapons back to Benghazi!
Did they ship those weapons with bouquets of flowers included in the deliveries?
Just when I think it is obvious... the omitted slashy-slashy sarc tag catches up with me. ;(
The lame streaam press subsequently called them *repeated mis-statements*
Oh yeah. sure. <- Insert slashy-slashy
This article is from 2014, two full years ago so I think your prediction has already come true
Just with coupons for ammo from amazon prime.
Just when I think it is obvious..
= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
I am ‘afraid’ nothing is obvious anymore.
A mere 20 years ago would you have believed an argument over which bathroom to use would have knocked legitimate news off the front page.
OTOH, by ‘US’ ignoring the obvious got us into this mess anyway.
Remember Bush the elder ‘ignored’ all the slams tossed at him by smiling and saying ‘The American people are smart enough to know that is not true’..... Where was HIS /sarc/ tag?????? <: <: <:
PAX!!
13. The United States and the CIA maintained a program known as the 'Bear Spares" program whereby the United States made sure that spare parts and ammunition for Soviet or Soviet-style weaponry were available to countries which sought to reduce their dependence on the Soviets for defense needs. If the "Bear Spares" were manufactured outside the United States, then the United States could arrange for the provision of these weapons to a third country without direct involvement. Israel, for example, had a very large stockpile of Soviet weaponry and ammunition captured during its various wars. At the suggestion of the United States, the Israelis would transfer the spare parts and weapons to third countries or insurgent movements (such as the Afghan rebels and the Contras). Similarly, Egypt manufactured weapons and spare parts from Soviet designs and porvided these weapons and ammunition to the Iraqis and other countries. Egypt also served as a supplier for the Bear Spares program. The United States approved, assisted and encouraged Egypt's manufacturing capabilities. The United States approved, assisted and encouraged Egypt's sale of weaponry, munitions and vehicles to Iraq.
Most of the rifles the US supplied to Iraq were AK-47s from Poland, Egypt and other coalition member counties that manufactured AK -47s.
Only a small fraction of US supplied weapons were M-16s. Most of the M-16 related stores were forward deployed stores to be used it the United States ever needed to rapidly deploy to Iraq.
The M-16 was not well suited for the low tech, poorly trained Iraqi army and was primarily used by their Elite troops
Thank you for the information. It was very concise.
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