Mistaken paint jobs blamed after dozens of U.S.-funded trucks surface in Iraq with Afghan logos
Dozens of Ford pickup trucks with the Afghan National Army’s logos on them surfaced in Iraq not because they were smuggled in, but because they were delivered by the United States with the wrong paint jobs, according to the Pentagon. The issue arose after a freelance journalist, Courtney Body, shared a photograph online last month […]Dan Lamothe writes for The Washington Post:
Dozens of Ford pickup trucks with the Afghan National Army’s logos on them surfaced in Iraq not because they were smuggled in, but because they were delivered by the United States with the wrong paint jobs, according to the Pentagon.
The issue arose after a freelance journalist, Courtney Body, shared a photograph online last month of a pickup while outside Mosul, Iraq, drawing attention to the tan color and red, black and green triangle logo on the door that is used by the Afghan National Army.
