Comments on: U.S. Weapons Now in Somali Terrorists’ Hands https://www.isegoria.net/2011/08/u-s-weapons-now-in-somali-terrorists%e2%80%99-hands/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/08/u-s-weapons-now-in-somali-terrorists%e2%80%99-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-317087 Isegoria Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:01:42 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25860#comment-317087 I’m afraid the weapons falling into Somali terrorist hands aren’t just hard-to-maintain American assault rifles:

“In April of 2011 the U.N. determined that 90 percent of all 12.7 x 108 millimeter ammunition [in Mogadishu] was from an AMISOM stock created in 2010,” Pelton revealed. “An RPG captured from al-Shabab was analyzed and determined to have been delivered by DynCorp to the Ministry of Defense in Uganda. The contract was to supply weapons and ammunition to the Ugandan forces in Mogadishu.”

]]> By: Cruft https://www.isegoria.net/2011/08/u-s-weapons-now-in-somali-terrorists%e2%80%99-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-314575 Cruft Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:18:40 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25860#comment-314575 The M16, if this is one of the weapons referred to, will not be a long-term benefit to the insurgents, since it is quite labor intensive. Maintenance requires partial disassembly and lubrication, and that alone makes it an inferior choice compared to the AK47. They, the insurgents, do not appear to be brainiacs.

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