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    U.S. Shoots Itself In the Foot By Accidentally Arming ISIS


    According to Reuters, the U.S.-made weaponry that fell into enemy hands including 2,300 Humvee armored vehicles, at least 40 M1A1 main battle tanks, 74,000 machine guns, and as many as 52 M198 howitzer mobile gun systems, plus small arms and ammunition.

    Although al-Abadi and other Iraqi and U.S. officials haven’t attached a dollar sign to the lost weaponry and vehicles, a back-of-the-envelope calculation of those losses might look something like this:

    2,300 Humvee armored vehicles @ $70,000 per copy. Total: $161 million
    40 M1A1 Abram tanks @ $4.3 million per copy. Total: $172 million
    52 M198 Howitzer mobile gun systems @ $527,337 per copy. Total: $27.4 million
    74,000 Army machine guns @ $4,000 per copy. Total: $296 million

    http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/20…

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