[highlight]Australian weapons found in hands of Taliban, WikiLeaks reveals[/highlight]
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[release]Australian weapons and equipment have repeatedly been discovered among Taliban stockpiles, raising fears that Afghan troops trained by Diggers have been pilfering military supplies.
Documents released by the WikiLeaks website show that in the past six years International Security Assistance Force troops have uncovered Australian mortar shells, a hand-grenade and other equipment when defusing roadside bombs and capturing Taliban weapons stores.
Australian soldiers have trained hundreds of Afghan army soldiers, and work alongside Afghan police.
Last December a NATO patrol found Australian equipment in a Taliban weapons cache, alongside AK-47 rifles and materials to make roadside bombs. The equipment found is used by Australian soldiers to ensure their safety during offensives, and if used by insurgents it could disrupt the distinct advantage held by NATO troops.
The Defence Department has asked the Herald not to publish any details identifying this equipment. The department is reviewing the tens of thousands of WikiLeaks documents and did not respond directly to the reports about Australian weapons, other than saying ''an important part of this review will be determining whether there are force protection implications for our personnel''.
Last year the US found there were incomplete records for about a third of $US4 billion ($4.4 billion) worth of US-purchased weapons used by the Afghan military.
US soldiers training Afghan forces have repeatedly complained about pilfering, with one US officer reported as saying: ''It's not, 'Let me teach you your job'. It's more like, 'How much did you steal from the American government today?' ''
Defence sources with experience of training in Oruzgan province doubted that Australian weapons were going missing. Such reports are ''probably a load of crap'', said one source. ''There may be a misunderstanding about what is being reported.''
Sources said Afghans usually use their own weapons, not Australian munitions, when trained by Australian troops.
The Taliban have been found to have used rifles, mortars and other weapons made in the US, Russia and China.
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Oh snap what now?
sounds like laundering is going on
Anyway what's wrong with a good old Ak-47? Yhey can take anything.
they're like 50 years old
The Taliban bribed the Abo soldiers with goon
[QUOTE=SeriousPoster;23760793]they're like 50 years old[/QUOTE]
Age is irrelevant if the gun can shoot.
It can still kill.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;23761232]Age is irrelevant if the gun can shoot.
It can still kill.[/QUOTE]
Yes but the newer weapons kill people more efficiently and have a number of advantages. The AK-47's advantage is that it's cheap and makes bullets fly out the end.
[QUOTE=Sickle;23761444]Yes but the newer weapons kill people more efficiently and have a number of advantages. The AK-47's advantage is that it's cheap and makes bullets fly out the end.[/QUOTE]
Is a bullet from a 5 year old gun more lethal than a bullet from a 50 year gun when it flies through your head?
Emperor Scorpious is right. The AK47 is cheap, it's slightly less accurate than the M16 and is durable.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;23761806]How cheap could they be?[/QUOTE]
I've heard they can go as low as $10.
Also, I hope this doesn't mean they're starting to use jarate. If so, we better start pulling out now.
Well maybe the Australians are double agents? :ninja:
What they're not telling us is that the Taliban are actually a secret division of the Australian army that goes around imposing bans on foreign countries.
I mean, just look at their name. Tali[B]BAN[/B]. :downsgun:
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;23761489]Is a bullet from a 5 year old gun more lethal than a bullet from a 50 year gun when it flies through your head?[/QUOTE]
With the tactics and the psychology the "insurgents" use, how well something kills someone is hardly a factor (they are fighting for their right to live- They will try and win no matter what it takes) . It's all about how cheap the weapon system is, how easily you can find ammo for it, how easy it is to get fixed, and how money there are in the area. This being the case, the fact that NATO weapons are being used against NATO forces isn't surprising. There are hundreds of thousands of rounds of standard NATO ammunition lying around due to half-loaded magazines being swapped for fresh ones. NATO weapons can be found all over the world- amounts of them can easily find there way into a place where they're needed. The fact that we give them weapons is also pretty important.
My point is, no one should be surprised that this is happening. What used to be a river of arms and ammunition flowing into Taliban cache's has been cut down. The Taliban have now resorted to private dealers and shit they pick up off the ground or find lying around.
[QUOTE=Viephemeral;23761947]What they're not telling us is that the Taliban are actually a secret division of the Australian army that goes around imposing bans on foreign countries.
I mean, just look at their name. Tali[B]BAN[/B]. :downsgun:[/QUOTE]
Please don't ban Tali. She has a nice ass.
Bloody Arabs.
damn them, they've dipped their bullets in stingray venom
I think Mann Co. is involved.
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Why would the taliban use boomerangs
It's because Australia banned weapons and is now shipping them to the middle east so they can fight America.
Because that's where video games are made.
So what, they have boomerangs now?
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[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;23774293]Why would the taliban use boomerangs[/QUOTE]
You mother fucking bitch
Austraila bans weapons.
I bet people in Australia are really mad about this.
[QUOTE=zombojoe;23775446]I bet people in Australia are really mad about this.[/QUOTE]
Yeah
We are
[QUOTE=Agoat;23774092]I think Mann Co. is involved.
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That Afghan is not one of ours.
[QUOTE=BurningPride;23761916]Well maybe the Australians are double agents? :ninja:[/QUOTE]
Welcome to the world of unregulated Capitalism!
I'm not a crazed gunman dad, I'm a Taliban!
[QUOTE=Piggah;23775840]I'm not a crazed gunman dad, I'm a Taliban![/QUOTE]
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