Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 6802 posts, RR: 5 Posted (7 years 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1120 times:
Quote: American defence officials have secretly requested a "prodigious quantity" of ammunition from Russia to supply the Afghan army in case a Democrat president takes over in Washington and pulls out US troops.
The Daily Telegraph can disclose that Pentagon chiefs have asked arms suppliers for a quote on a vast amount of ordnance, including more than 78 million rounds of AK47 ammunition, 100,000 rocket-propelled grenades and 12,000 tank shells - equivalent to about 15 times the British Army's annual requirements.
The Bush administration is said to want the deal because of worries that the next president could be a Democrat, possibly Hillary Clinton, who may abandon Afghanistan.
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 18903 posts, RR: 64 Reply 1, posted (7 years 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1110 times:
Some observers pointed to the irony of the deal, because when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan the Americans sold Stinger surface-to- air missiles to the Mujahideen to enable them to shoot down Moscow's aircraft.
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1046 times:
Seems to make sense to me . . . supply them with the appropriate ammo and such for weapons they already have and are trained to use.
I do concur here as well . . .
Quoting AeroWesty (Reply 1): Some observers pointed to the irony of the deal, because when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan the Americans sold Stinger surface-to- air missiles to the Mujahideen to enable them to shoot down Moscow's aircraft.
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