Thousands of Weapons went Missing in Iraq - reports surface were sold illegally. Top officials accused.
In 2004 the insurgency was growing in Iraq, and under a new policy America began issuing weapons to Kassim al-Saffar, an Iraqi businessman. The idea was that al-Saffar would then issue the weapons to Iraqi police cadets, being more efficient than the American government. Unfortunately, al-Saffar used the lack of American oversight to turn his distribution duties into a private arms dealership. Even scarier - it seems top American officials were aware of his practice and did nothing to stop it.
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