General Petraeus: US Chose Not To Track Some Of The Missing Weapons Given To Iraq

General Blames Clerical Errors In the Case of Missing Arms

Washington Post Josh White August 7, 2007 10:19 PM
From a practical standpoint, Petraeus added, it was more important to get the weapons to the Iraqis as they started to enter the fight against a strong insurgency than it was to keep meticulous records.
"We occasionally likened it to building the world's largest aircraft while in flight and while being shot at," the general said. "But we gradually started putting those procedures into place."

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