The U.S. military provided Glock handguns to Iraqi police officers as part of a training program.
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Unsubscribe PodcastSep 13, 2026
Sources show the U.S. issued Glock pistols to Iraqi security forces under a program to train and equip them, and U.S. military units supported Iraqi police firing Glock 9mm handguns. The claim's core is supported, though the sources don't tie the handguns to a specific training course, and the podcast passage is the claimant's own words and cannot corroborate it.
What was said
… Like, there's no names on it. Clip, I'm gonna double check what's in there. 1100 Clock handguns. 1100 Glax. These are Bucks, which are not your standard military. No, they're just regular Glock nineteen's. We're handing them out to the army. The army had a program; they were given Iraqi police officers military police training, so we gave them Glocks. They started selling the Glocks. They started selling the bullets, and army's like, "Yeah, we're not doing this." And then, not too long later, they came out with an article that they lost 12,000 Glocks. …
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Supports. NPR (2007) reports that after 2004 Washington launched a program to train and equip Iraqi security forces, with a rush to get thousands of weapons, including Glock pistols, to the new army and police.[1]
Supports. NPR quotes U.S. military officials saying they had supplied every police officer with a weapon.[1]
Supports. An Army article (2009) describes U.S. Military Police soldiers supporting Iraqi Police at a range where officers fired Glock 9mm handguns.[2]
Context. The 2007 GAO findings say about 190,000 AK-47s and Glock pistols could not be accounted for, which is a records problem rather than a denial that the weapons were provided.[1]
Context. The podcast passage is the claimant's own speech and is not evidence; the extracted claim omits the post's 'so' causal link but otherwise matches its content.
Sources
2 sources: 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Report: U.S. May Have Lost Weapons in Iraqnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 2Police Skills Right on Target | Article | The United States Armyarmy.mil · not rated · cited for: supports
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