Theft of sensitive American weapons in Iraq and Syria

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, American online media “Intercept” reported that the investigation of the United States Army has determined that “weapons and sensitive equipment” have been stolen from the bases of this army in Iraq and Syria.

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The Intercept wrote: “The Pentagon probably still doesn’t understand the full extent of these thefts.”

In this report it was written: Early this year, the United States received several sensitive weapons and equipment, including guided missile launch systems and UAVs of this army, stolen in Iraq. Between 2020 and 2022, a significant amount of military equipment of American soldiers in Iraq and Syria worth hundreds of thousands of dollars has been stolen. They found out that 13 commercial drones worth about $162,500 were stolen from the US facility in Erbil, Iraq at some point last year. The investigating officers did not identify any suspects for this incident, and their report file also did not mention any clues.” including the aiming cameras and units belonging to the Javelin missile launcher were stolen inside the Union 3 base in the Iraqi capital or on the way to the base.

American investigators claimed that the possibility of There were no insider agents in these thefts and they wrote in their report file about the investigation, “None of the known American personnel were involved in this theft” and local people are probably the suspects of this theft.

This media clarified: “In2017, the Pentagon Inspector General’s investigation determined that 20 million dollars worth of weapons located in Iraq and Kuwait compared to They have been vulnerable to theft or disappearance.”

The Intercept also wrote in a report in March: “From 2020 to 2022, at least four cases of significant theft and one case of missing weapons and equipment In Iraq and Syria, the US has used 40 mm grenades, armor-piercing bullets, special field artillery tools and other equipment and weapon systems. It was written in this report: Two of these thefts took place in bases located in Syria and three in Iraq. American officials refused to answer any questions about arms theft in Iraq and Syria.”

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