What's up with Yemen?

[Dill]

(02-22-2019, 01:24 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: It's pretty much an arms free-for-all over there now. As Fred mentioned, the region has been flooded with weapons. While we can tell where 'our' captured weapons have been, we have no idea where existing or new weapons are going. This is like the CIA version of the FBI's failed "Fast and Furious" operation, except that there are no political entities in the U.S. who care to oppose it.

NO!   We got 'lizbeth!

Warren's questions about US oversight of weapons
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/22/middleeast/yemen-us-weapons-report-elizabeth-warren-intl/index.html

Elizabeth Warren wants to know how American weapons ended up in the wrong hands in Yemen.

On Thursday, the US senator and Democratic presidential candidate issued a letter with 13 questions about the suspected retransfer of arms from US allies to third-party actors in the wartorn country.

Addressed to acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the letter cited evidence of arms deal violations uncovered by a CNN investigation.

"Ensuring that foreign governments do not divert American weapons to third parties is an important and necessary way to hold allies and partners accountable and protect U.S. national security," Warren wrote. 

Iranians reverse engineering US MRAPs to figure out how better to defeat their armor is now a big worry too.