500 million worth goes missing says Pentagon

**WillBrink** · 03-17-15, 18:57

So much fail.

U.S. firearms supplied to the Interior Ministry in Yemen, which has received $500 million in aid from the United States since 2007 under an array of Defense Department and State Department programs. (Government Accountability Office)

The Pentagon is unable to account for more than $500 million in U.S. military aid given to Yemen, amid fears that the weaponry, aircraft and equipment is at risk of being seized by Iranian-backed rebels or al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials.

With Yemen in turmoil and its government splintering, the Defense Department has lost its ability to monitor the whereabouts of small arms, ammunition, night-vision goggles, patrol boats, vehicles and other supplies donated by the United States. The situation has grown worse since the United States closed its embassy in Sanaa, the capital, last month and withdrew many of its military advisers.

In recent weeks, members of Congress have held closed-door meetings with U.S. military officials to press for an accounting of the arms and equipment. Pentagon officials have said that they have little information to go on and that there is little they can do at this point to prevent the weapons and gear from falling into the wrong hands.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...8ff_story.html

**sevenhelmet** · 03-17-15, 19:17

This is part of why giving aid to anyone in the middle east is a bad idea.

On the other hand, it's no more than Obama gave to Solyndra, so I'm sure it's no big deal... right? (joking, not trolling)

**williejc** · 03-17-15, 19:36

They can consider this batch already gone. What's $500 million compared to equipment lost by Iraqi military?

**Kain** · 03-17-15, 19:52

Only $500 million? I would have expected it to be more than that in all honesty.

Serious, if that is all that they can't account for I think they need to go a few pages deeper.