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Marines Surrender Weapons Before Yemen Evacuation

 
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Schadow
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:34 am    Post subject: Marines Surrender Weapons Before Yemen Evacuation Reply with quote

A headline I thought I'd never see. The story:

"U.S. Embassy Marines in Yemen handed over their M-9 pistols and M-4 carbines before evacuating the chaotic country with diplomatic personnel, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

"The Marines also left behind several vehicles at the airport in the capital city of Sanaa before departing on a civilian flight, said Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.

"Warren said the Marines destroyed their machine guns and other crew-served weapons before leaving the Embassy for the airport. He also said that it was unclear who now had custody of the weapons and vehicles that were surrendered.

"A Marine spokesman could not immediately say whether the surrender of weapons by Embassy Marines in an evacuation was unprecedented.

"The Marines 'destroyed their crew served weapons. They left their personal weapons behind,' Warren said, but he could not say whether the Houthi rebels who have taken over much of the country now had the weapons and vehicles left by the Marines.

"Warren also could not say why a civilian charter flight was used rather than military aircraft for the evacuation. He suggested that the handover of weapons may have resulted from international rules barring weapons on a civilian flight."

Source: Military.com

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 2:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LewWaters wrote:
I shake my head at much I see happening today.


Me too Lew, me too. Living in the Twilight Zone now.
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