WaPo:

Two Democratic senators asked the U.S. occupation authority in Iraq to explain its intended purchase of up to 50,000 AK-47 assault rifles for Iraq security forces, when they said the country is filled with such weapons. The September solicitation to contractors sought prices for up to 50,000 “brand new, never fired, fixed stock” weapons made in 1987 or later.

“We question whether this is an efficient use of U.S. taxpayer dollars in a country already awash with AK-47s, many of which have been confiscated by coalition forces and are sitting in stockpiles,” Democratic Sens. Byron L. Dorgan (N.D.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) wrote to L. Paul Bremer, head of the U.S. governing authority. The senators cited news reports that the captured weapons are in excellent condition and said there would be little cost to distribute them to security forces.

Hey, you guys could send some of those stateside too.

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