WASHINGTON - A report in The Washington Post described how the inability of the United States in the control of its military aid to Yemen.
The report titled "Pentagon loses track of $ 500 million in weapons, equipment given to Yemen" that, given the information that is quite astonishing.
No doubt, if then there are mocked him, such as a writing therightscoop.com. Reviews on the website was started by stating, that this is a more encouraging news. "Here's more happy news !," wrote the analysis on the web.
Reportedly, the Pentagon has so far not able to track how the American military aid of more than $ 500 million given to Yemen, amid fears that the weapons, aircraft and equipment at risk seized by Iranian-backed insurgents or al-Qaeda.
With Yemen in chaos and the government broke, the Department of Defense has lost its ability to monitor the presence of small arms, ammunition, night-vision goggles, patrol boats, vehicles and other equipment donated by the United States. This situation has grown worse since the United States closed its embassy in Sanaa, the capital, last month and attracted a lot of military advisors.
In recent weeks, members of Congress have held a closed-door meeting with US military officials to suppress accounting of weapons and equipment. Pentagon officials say that they have little information to go and that there was little they could do at this point to prevent weapons and equipment from falling into the wrong hands.
"We have to assume it was really annoyed and go," said a legislative aide on Capitol Hill who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of this issue.
The report titled "Pentagon loses track of $ 500 million in weapons, equipment given to Yemen" that, given the information that is quite astonishing.
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| U.S. firearms supplied to the Interior Ministry in Yaman. (Source: Government Accoutability office) |
No doubt, if then there are mocked him, such as a writing therightscoop.com. Reviews on the website was started by stating, that this is a more encouraging news. "Here's more happy news !," wrote the analysis on the web.
Reportedly, the Pentagon has so far not able to track how the American military aid of more than $ 500 million given to Yemen, amid fears that the weapons, aircraft and equipment at risk seized by Iranian-backed insurgents or al-Qaeda.
With Yemen in chaos and the government broke, the Department of Defense has lost its ability to monitor the presence of small arms, ammunition, night-vision goggles, patrol boats, vehicles and other equipment donated by the United States. This situation has grown worse since the United States closed its embassy in Sanaa, the capital, last month and attracted a lot of military advisors.
In recent weeks, members of Congress have held a closed-door meeting with US military officials to suppress accounting of weapons and equipment. Pentagon officials say that they have little information to go and that there was little they could do at this point to prevent weapons and equipment from falling into the wrong hands.
"We have to assume it was really annoyed and go," said a legislative aide on Capitol Hill who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of this issue.
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