The U.S. Army has lost more than 200 thousand pieces of weapons in Afghanistan

Tens of thousands of rifles, machine guns and grenades, the Americans sent to Afghanistan, disappeared in an unknown direction. This is evidenced by audit Main Office USA, the results of which revealed the mass media. Now, experts guess: how much of the lost weapons could fall into the hands of the Taliban, writes Izvestia.

Missing equipment is shipped to Afghanistan from 2004 to 2008. About a third of the 242 thousand units of light weapons was a lack of inventory control, inspection showed. The fate of another 135 thousand pieces of weapons provided by the Afghan government forces of NATO member countries, also remains unknown.

Inadequate control was carried out, even for such equipment as night-vision devices. Simple calculation of the serial numbers are not held regularly, and this led to a serious risk of theft or loss of weapons worth millions of dollars.

Afghanistan remains one of the world leaders in the number of guns per capita, said The Times. Since November 2003, the UN spent on the program for the disarmament of illegal gangs in Afghanistan, more than 100 million dollars.

Details of loss has not yet been disclosed, but earlier had been precedents when the supply of American weapons are falling into the wrong hands, writes the newspaper "Sight".

According to experts, the missing weapons could fall to the militants of the Taliban, writes The Washington Post.

Thus, in the past year, NATO forces helicopter was supposed to deliver "a small box of ammunition and food in a remote police station in Afghanistan, but" by mistake "goods dropped at the wrong destination. As a result, weapons fall to the Taliban.

"Chief of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, General Dan Mc Neil called the mistake happened, but I do not believe it" - then said Hamidullah Tuhi, a representative of the province of Zabul in Parliament. He said that the cargo was dropped less than a hundred meters from the house of one of the leaders of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Alam. "Then there came the Taliban and took arms," - said Tuhi.

These events occurred exactly at the time was to finish the U.S. military for the total elimination of the Taliban, announced in 2007.

Nevertheless, by the time the transaction was completed, the Taliban is not only not ceased to exist, but reminded me a series of new attacks.

In November last year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has declared its readiness to negotiate with militants, but those initiatives were not crowned with success. They argue that not lay down their arms until the country is occupying troops.

American legislators in the current situation requires an explanation from the Pentagon. They express concern that under such circumstances, weapons, bought with the money of American taxpayers could be directed against the same American soldier.

Similar problems arose in his time in Iraq. So, according to the same management control, published in 2007 found that nearly 200 thousand rifles and pistols, set in Iraq from the U.S., have not been recorded properly, like the .

Mozart was not able to work in Italy and is still in "Spartacus"

Moving 29-year-old Brazilian midfielders Moscow "Spartak" Santos Mozart's Italian "Torino" has not taken place prior to the closing of the European transfer window.

Thus, Mozart is still a player "Spartacus", but that does not mean that Brazilians do not leave Russia as soon as possible. According to the channel "Sport", in "Spartacus" is a proposal from one of the clubs of the UAE, and the leadership of the red and white is ready to consider it.

In addition to the "Torino" interest in the Mozart during the month of January showed the French clubs' Le Havre and Marseille, as well as Dzhenoa "and" Regina ", but the football player, by a mediator Dario Canova, agreed that it should choose the" Torino . As a result, Brazilians came to Italy with the consent of "Spartacus" and waited until the last moment of decision the Turin club. However, management of "Torino" has not been able to organize the transfer and to find a common language as the "Spartak" and with the player.

Now Brazilians are either already in February to leave the UAE at the acceptable "Spartacus" conditions, or will remain at the club until the summer, after which most likely will go into one of those European clubs.

McIlroy premieres in the European circuit

19 years of Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy won the golf tournament in Dubai with 19 strokes under par and one of the field ahead of Justin Rose English. Miguel Angel Jimenez and Sergio Garca finished seventh and eleventh respectively.

McIlroy, who won his first victory on the European circuit, he learned to master your nerves like a true veteran to finish ahead of winning Rose and Henrik Stenson of Sweden who was third. The Irish, who reached the final day as leader of the classification, did retain its card with a total of 269, one stroke less than English Justin Rose, who ascended the podium from the fifth position in which it was yesterday. Henrik Stenson started from the third place that has maintained the end.

With respect to the Spaniards, Miguel Angel Jimenez presented in the final round one of the best cards of the day and 66 strokes were until the seventh place, shared with three other players.

Sergio Garca finished in eleventh place with seven strokes of the winner, after signing a final trip with 67 hits.

Final:

1. Rory McIlroy (IRN) 269 (64 +68 +67 +70) (-19)
2. Justin Rose (ENG) 270 (68 +66 +69 +67)
3. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 271 (68 +65 +71 +67)
4. Paul Casey (ENG) 272 (68 +68 +68 +68)
. +. Robert Karlsson (SWE) 272 (65 +71 +71 +65)
. +. Martin Kaymer (GER) 272 (70 +67 +68 +67)
7. Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 275 (72 +70 +67 +66)
. +. Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 275 (68 +65 +68 +74)
. +. Scott Strange (AUS) 275 (69 +71 +66 +69)
. +. Anthony Wall (ENG) 275 (70 +68 +68 +69)
11. Sergio Garca (ESP) 276 (70 +66 +73 +67)
---- 13. Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 277 (70 +68 +75 +64)
24. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) 282 (66 +70 +73 +73)
51. Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG) 288 (70 +71 +76 +71)

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