US "Loses" $500 Million In Weapons Given To Yemen, Now In Al-Qaeda Hands

Nobody could have possibly foreseen that yet another US foreign diplomacy "success story" would turn out to be an epic disaster. Well, nobody, except for those who accurately predict that every US intervention abroad is now a staggering fiasco (for everyone involved except the US military-industrial complex of course). As for Yemen, the outcome was clear long ago:

• Yemen's US-Backed Government & President Resign
• Obama's "Partners" In Yemen Overthrown As Presidential Palace Falls To Local Militiamen
• Deserted US Embassy In Yemen Immediately Seized By Armed Rebels
• The Coup Is Complete: US Embassy In Yemen Shutting Down, Ambassador To Leave By Wednesday

And, naturally, after noting that "the employees said that more than 20 vehicles were taken by the fighters after the Americans departed from Sanaa's airport" we asked how long until we have a "tabulation of losses to US taxpayers, just like the great Islamic State 'robbery' of hundreds of millions in US military equipment in Iraq?" That, of course, was another epic US intervention success story.

Anyway, thanks to WaPo we have an answer: according to Jeff Bezos' recent media acquisition, "the Pentagon is unable to account for more than $500 million in U.S. military aid given to Yemen."

Obviously, "can't account for" means "has lost." But while the US does not know where nearly half a billion in weapons can be found, it is more than informed who is the current owner: there are "fears that the weaponry, aircraft and equipment is at risk of being seized by Iranian-backed rebels or al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials."

And just like that, America's now laughable, pathetic foreign policy has not only resulted in another US-supported administration to be exiled or worse, but is has directly armed the adversary. And to think it was only 6 months ago when the Teleprompter in Chief was praising the "Yemen success story." From Obama's Statement on ISIL as of September 10, 2014:

Now, it will take time to eradicate a cancer like ISIL.  And any time we take military action, there are risks involved –- especially to the servicemen and women who carry out these missions.  But I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil.  This counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out ISIL wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partner forces on the ground.  This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front lines, is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years.  And it is consistent with the approach I outlined earlier this year:  to use force against anyone who threatens America’s core interests, but to mobilize partners wherever possible to address broader challenges to international order.

Some may find it odd then, that 6 months later this "strategy" has been flipped on its head, and the Obama administration is taking out its partners (in Yemen), while supporting the terrorists who threaten us.

But almost everyone will say this was obvious from day one.

Here is what else was obvious:

With Yemen in turmoil and its government splintering, theDefense Department has lost its ability to monitor the whereabouts of small arms, ammunition, night-vision goggles, patrol boats, vehicles and other supplies donated by the United States. The situation has grown worse since the United States closed its embassy in Sanaa, the capital, last month and withdrew many of its military advisers.

U.S. firearms supplied to the Interior Ministry in Yemen, which has
received
$500 million in aid from the United States since 2007 under an
array of
Defense Department and State Department programs. (GAO)

In recent weeks, members of Congress have held closed-door meetings with U.S. military officials to press for an accounting of the arms and equipment. Pentagon officials have said that they have little information to go on and that there is little they can do at this point to prevent the weapons and gear from falling into the wrong hands.

“We have to assume it’s completely compromised and gone,” said a legislative aide on Capitol Hill who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

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Washington has supplied more than $500 million in military aid to Yemen since 2007 under an array of Defense Department and State Department programs. The Pentagon and CIA have provided additional assistance through classified programs, making it difficult to know exactly how much Yemen has received in total.

Below is a graphic representation of all the equipment that has been "misplaced."

Another day for the US State Department under John Kerry, another day of endless embarrassment.

U.S. military officials declined to comment for the record. A defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon, said there was no hard evidence that U.S. arms or equipment had been looted or confiscated. But the official acknowledged that the Pentagon had lost track of the items.

“Even in the best-case scenario in an unstable country, we never have 100 percent accountability,” the defense official said.

It gets better:

U.S. government officials say al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen poses a more direct threat to the U.S. homeland than any other terrorist group. To counter it, the Obama administration has relied on a combination of proxy forces and drone strikes launched from bases outside the country.

And now it is relying on an even more radical strategy: arming al-Qaeda directly.

But the absolute punchline is the way the US government justifies this most recent fiasco:

Although the loss of weapons and equipment already delivered to Yemen would be embarrassing, U.S. officials said it would be unlikely to alter the military balance of power there. Yemen is estimated to have the second-highest gun ownership rate in the world, ranking behind only the United States, and its bazaars are well stocked with heavy weaponry.Moreover, the U.S. government restricted its lethal aid to small firearms and ammunition, brushing aside Yemeni requests for fighter jets and tanks.

See, it's no biggie that US taxpayers are half a bill out of pocket: the Yemen branch of Al-Qaeda was already armed to the teeth anyway, peace out.

Credit to ZeroHedge

Up next? US-trained Ukraine troops with ultra-modern equipment mysteriously defect, and end up in the Russian army?

The winner? The US Military Industrial Complex, because as General Sline said in Spies Like Us, "a weapon unused is a useless weapon." And if there is anything the US military-industrial complex is good at, it is exporting war first courtesy of the CIA operating the in the shadows of incompetent figureheads like Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, followed promptly - like in this case - by arms to fight it (while HSBC, JPM and others provide the funding).

DIRECTOR OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTION SYSTEM COMPANY WARNS ISIS WILL LAUNCH CHEMICAL ATTACK IN LONDON’S UNDERGROUND

The managing director of a company that sells respiratory protection system technology says the Islamic State will likely conduct a chlorine gas attack at British sporting events or in the Tube, London’s underground public rapid transit system.

“I am convinced that IS fighters are all being given training in chemical weapons and the British ones, who are likely to be more educated, will all be targeted in the hope they may return home,” said Colonel de Bretton-Gordon.

“This could happen on a train or tube or even at a big football match. Acquiring weapons and ammunition is very difficult in the UK but you can get up to 90 tonnes of chlorine without any license,” he said.

Chlorine gas was used during the First World War. Chlorine is relatively easy to obtain and use.

Earlier this month, the Security Council of the Kurdish region in Iraq accused ISIS of using chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against its peshmerga forces in January.

It claimed laboratory analysis showed “the samples contained levels of chlorine that suggested the substance was used in weaponized form,” although the Kurds refused to identify the lab.

ISIS had reportedly launched chlorine gas attacks inIraq’s Anbar province and in the town of Duluiyahlast year, according to unconfirmed reports.

Iraqi News reported in September that several members of the Iraqi Parliament accused the terror group of killing 400 troops with chlorine gas in Saqlawiyah, north of Fallujah.

U.S. officials and the corporate media linked the use of chlorine gas to the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

In October, Secretary of State John Kerry said although Syria had dismantled its chemical weapons program, the U.S. believes al-Assad has staged attacks with chlorine.

On March 17, it was reported al-Assad carried out a chlorine-gas attack in the northern town of Sarmin, killing six people and injuring dozens.

Like the alleged attacks by ISIS in Iraq, the Syrian attack was unverified.
“Collecting the samples needed to verify the details of chemical-weapons attack is extremely difficult in a warzone,” Noah Gordon wrote for The Atlantic.

The “Syrian regime has already denied responsibility for Monday’s reported chlorine attack, keeping with its pattern of blaming opposition forces.”

In September, a video surfaced allegedly showing mercenary rebels groups fighting against the Syrian government using chemical weapons soon after a chemical attack on August 21 attack in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta.

Experts later cast doubts on chemical attacks on towns of Zamalka and Ein Tarma. Swedish chemical weapons expert Ake Sellstrom, who led a UN inspection in Syria, told Swedish broadcaster SVT that the high number of those killed and wounded sounded “suspicious.”

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THE STORM WARNING: THE HEARERS AND DOERS OF THE WORD

'Tanks? No thanks!' US military convoy's Euro tour raises feathers

MARTIAL LAW IS LOCKED AND COCKED

  

IMAGES OF MARTIAL LAW EVENTS/TRAINING ON AMERICAN SOIL

There is no subject that I have taken more grief over than the topic of martial law on American soil, especially when the martial law will utilize foreign troops to enforce the martial law. And if one dares say the Russians will form the vanguard of the martial law occupation force in America, then surely you must be wearing a tin foil hat.

I have written about martial law, produced martial law documents and have FEMA documents which speaks to the use of Russian troops on our soil, until I am blue in the face. Therefore, employing the wisdom that a “picture is worth a thousand words”, I am presenting the undeniable images of martial law on American soil. We do not have to wait for martial to be declared, it is already here and is only waiting for the final switch to be flipped.

REAL MARTIAL LAW SIGNS ON AMERICAN SOIL

A MAN’S HOME IS HIS CASTLE, UNLESS YOU ARE UNDER MARTIAL LAW

MARTIAL LAW IS IN EVERY PART OF OUR SOCIETY

TSA OR THE NFL

TSA and the National Football Leagues. Both violate the 4th Amendment. Neither organization has caught even one terrorist.

KEEPING AMERICA SAFE BY CONTROLLING THE BAD GUYS

VIPR TROOPS KEEPING AMERICA SAFE AND ENSLAVED- VIPR HASN’T CAUGHT ONE TERRORIST!

VIPR HIGHWAY STOPS. THE 4TH AMENDMENT IS DEAD. GOING OUT OF YOUR HOUSE CONSTITUTES PROBABLE CAUSE FOR SEARCH AND SEIZURE

UN OCCUPATION VEHICLES ON AMERICAN SOIL IN THE SUMMER OF 2014

A HOME AWAY FROM HOME

FEMA Camps will soon outnumber the banks that will be left standing.

ALL EXPENSE PAID VACATION

FINAL DESTINATION

SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS?

EVEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE READY FOR THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW

This is one of the “black sites” where torture of illegal detention of Chicago residents is taking place.

JADE HELM 15- 60 DAY MARTIAL LAW DRILL OVER SEVEN STATES

Jade Helm 15 Color Coded Legend
Red Denotes a “hostile state”
Brown is uncertain, leaning towards hostile.
Dark Blue is “Permissive” meaning supportive of the government.
Light Blue is “Uncertain, leaning friendly”.
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TWO AMERICAN STATES HOSTILE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? I WONDER WHAT COULD CAUSE THAT?

MILITARY DOCUMENTS CLEARLY SHOW THE INTENT TO USE CONCENTRATION CAMPS ON AMERICAN SOIL

FM 3-39.4 ARMY MAP OF FEMA CAMP DESIGN AND LAYOUT

Military Caught with Martial Law Signs by Customs

John B. Wells narrating:

Russians and Other Foreign Troops Will Enforce Martial Law

RUSSIANS IN DHS VEHICLES ON AMERICAN SOIL

Martial Law Preparations Are In Place and the Foreign Troops Are Ready

Conclusion

I could go on and on, and on, and on, but you get the idea. Martial law has been incrementally imposed upon the American people. As much as World War III is dominating our attention, this country will be placed under martial law before any war will commence.

There are those that will say that this is not proof and that martial law is merely a figment of our imagination. To those people I would the following:

Credit to Common Sense

Sleepwalkers, Boiling Frogs and the Activated Awake

To continue sleepwalking once someone knows the truth is not ignorance, it’s madness, as David Icke so aptly said. Anyone looking for happiness and fulfillment while helping to build a better world has plenty of options. But sitting still and just gazing at the oncoming storm, no matter how much you know about it, isn’t one of them.

To be able to describe something and think you understand it isn’t the grand finale. It’s responding to what the information is telling you to do that matters. Do you literally have to wait for the bulldozer, as so poignantly put in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxyafter you found out certain disaster was coming?

Again, that’s madness.

Granted, the effects of what’s coming will be felt worldwide so at the very least we need to make preparations where we are or in some better location. Not in fear, but in informed wisdom. But I have a hard time understanding anyone who doesn’t have the sense of urgency to put everything in motion that they’re being shown needs to be done. Once we make that decision and work towards the right direction a wonderful peace comes over us, and there will be plenty more to learn and do each step of the way.

There’s really no standing still once you begin to answer the call. Yes, there’s a wonderful stillness and confident knowing in spirit that are our ever present strength and refuge, but that doesn’t mean we do nothing when so many need encouragement, empowering information, resources and even awakening motivation.

Taking Action Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Relocating – But It Might

I get a lot of criticism for encouraging people to leave the US. I realize not everyone is able to do it, but for me I put feet to my convictions about what’s happening there and I’m glad I did. The relief from the bombarding influences there is immeasurable. Besides, it’s already more difficult to travel and get passports now as I warned, all while jumping through mounting surveillance, security checks, and impromptu requirements and shake downs at the whim of the metastasizing police state.

Why do you suppose they’re doing all of that?

Sure it’s ultimately more control, but why restrict travel or crossing borders, which we’ll be seeing more and more of? Yes, they want more money at every turn which is partially why they’re flagging anyone owing the IRS anything, but they also want to do the same to people with any outstanding debts. And pray tell how many people don’t have debt. The whole system is built on it.

It’s entrapment, because the mounting tide of awake Americans is one of their biggest threats.

If you have a roomful of cockroaches you need to exterminate, what do you do? Close the doors and windows so they can’t escape to another part of the house, and then most people will spray the hell out of them. Sound familiar? Check your skies, and food and water for that matter.

That’s how we’re viewed by the dark overlords, as pests. And America is enemy #1 to them, with the UK, Canada and Australia not far behind. The American entity that once stood for freedom must be weakened, dismantled and vastly depopulated, all while socially and genetically mutating the remainder of the species into an unquestioning transhumanized work force kept in carefully guarded and monitored city centers. This widely known plan is worldwide but some places are going to be way safer than others in the near future, and in fact they already are.

The California Drought Example

It’s said California only has one year of water left. While we know that situation has been brought on deliberately via geoengineering, fracking, massive bottling operations and host of other insanities, that’s 10% of the US population facing real peril, as well as almost half of the country’s fruit and vegetable production.

Where’s everyone going to go? Do you think they’ll just sit there and wait for FEMA trucks to bring water, and food? No doubt many will for various misguided reasons. But would you just sit there until your home is worth nothing and you have to flee with whatever you can fit in your car? And to where? And if you don’t think the government will go full on fascist during such a time and heavily restrict travel, look up the dust bowl disaster in the US and how those escaping starvation conditions weren’t even allowed INTO California where there was plenty for all.

This time they’ll no doubt make FEMA camps and even prison life look attractive with food, water and accommodations as they attract a free incarcerated labor force like so many have done in other totalitarian regimes. Some serious things to think about.

The Pizza Oven Dream

A many years ago I had a striking dream that woke me up out of a sound sleep. I was watching someone standing in front of a pizza oven in a dazed, transfixed state. He was a typical youngish overweight American just staring at the oven fire from about 4 feet away. But the fire was growing, steadily. And as it did he didn’t move. He was totally fixated into such a state he couldn’t even feel the heat.

As the fire grew in intensity I could see his flesh literally starting to cook. And he still didn’t flinch. At this point I was screaming at him at the top of my lungs imploring him to get out of there, and still nothing. The scene so horrified me it woke me up as I was screaming.

I was living in Southern California near the beach at the time and we were getting chemtrailed something fierce everyday. While I had my windows rolled up, air filters running and the air-con on recycle as I did on spray days, I was always befuddled and horrified by the hundreds of joggers, bikers and surfers I drove by with my windows up each day who were completely ignorant of their demise under their poisonous chemical skies.

This vivid dream was an expression of how I feel watching this horrific reality play out on the benumbed, completely unsuspecting masses, and quite appropriate for what I’m attempting to communicate here.

Answers – Inform Others and Build Community

Getting in touch with others doesn’t have to wait for anything, wherever we are. Now is the time to connect and meet up with like minded folks wanting to take appropriate action. This should be done as locally as possible – or else move to where there is an active and awake area or community you can be part of. That is, if you’re serious about what you have found out about the ensnaring world around you. If it’s just a semi-amusing side interest this probably won’t even affect you.

But it should.

Food freedom is essential for the days to come, as well as having a reliable water supply. But even more important is having a good support network of caring and capable people with similar outlooks and real spiritual insight and understandings.

And by the way, these types of groups and communities are all over the world and very awake as well as helpful to people expatriating from other countries.

One of the good spin offs of trying times is that it drives humanity to be resourceful and get back to more natural ways of living. As we connect to the earth and each other wonderful things happen. The ultimate solution is to live and build the world we want to see created. We are beings that  were born to create. Living a life based in creativity and not partaking of the manipulated world’s media, mindsets and toxified environment as much as possible releases amazing energies that ripple out in more ways than we can conceive, including the morphic field.

If we’re serious about taking control of our lives the time is now. It’s always now, but it’s now more than ever, if you’re looking around you with even a modicum of awareness.

What can you do? The possibilities are as endless as life itself. They only remain to be pursued.

Just wait until you see what Universe has waiting for you!

Much love, Zen

Credit to ZenGardner.com