Iraq has admitted that ISIS jihadists captured huge caches of US-made weapons, including thousands of Humvees seized from Iraqi forces retreating from Mosul last year. The spoils of war have since then been used by ISIS to gain ground in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the collapse of Mosul, we lost a lot of weapons,\u201d<\/em> Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in an interview with Iraqiya state TV. \u201cWe lost 2,300 Humvees in Mosul alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n ISIS captured Iraq\u2019s second city of Mosul in June 2014, as government forces retreated from the country\u2019s Sunni stronghold.<\/p>\n The number of potential heavy and light weapons abandoned by Iraq\u2019s army remains unknown but over the past decade the US sold thousands of the armed vehicles to the Iraqis, in addition to tanks and other military hardware.<\/p>\n Just this month the Pentagon estimated that at least half a half dozen tanks were abandoned when Baghdad forces lost Ramadi, in addition to artillery pieces, and some 100 Humvees.<\/p>\n Yep, a whole truckload of #Iraq<\/a> army Hummers captured by ISIS and on their way to #Syria<\/a>: pic.twitter.com\/BLqcbhnL52<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Aymenn J Al-Tamimi (@ajaltamimi) June 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n