Weapons Lube Issued by Army May be Costing Lives in Iraq

By Jim Hoffer
(New York-WABC, November 18, 2003) - In a four-month investigation that
reaches from the sands of Iraq to the halls of the Pentagon, we found that
weapons given to tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers may not work in the

All because of a defective product.

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Sgt. Donald Walters was in the same convoy as Private Jessica Lynch when

ambushed it, killing Walters and 10 other soldiers. A Pentagon report on

attack shows that many of the soldiers could barely fight back because of
multiple "weapons malfunctions."

Pfc. Jessica Lynch: "When we were told to lock and load. That's when my

jammed."

The report suggests their weapons failed perhaps because of "inadequate
individual maintenance". In other words, the Army says that the soldiers

have neglected to clean their guns.

Arlene Walters: "That shouldn't happen to everybody. It seems that it's a

of something that they are using not the fault of the soldier that he

clean the gun."

Eyewitness News obtained a copy of a general's "lessons learned" report

details weapons performance in Iraq. The report says soldiers repeatedly

that "CLP was not a good choice for weapon's maintenance", claiming it
"attracted sand to the weapon."

Corporal Steven Gentle: "Because the CLP attracted the sand. It made the

stick to the weapon and clot up, causing the weapon to jam."

In telephone conversations and e-mails from soldiers we heard numerous
complaints about CLP. One sergeant told me it is a commonly known fact

military-issued gun lubricant doesn't work in the desert. We've learned

some soldiers have been so desperate for a lubricant that works they're

their families for help.
Brad Giordani, Militec: "They were unable to get the product after the

were cancelled."

The commercial lubricant's inventor says he knows why. Because the

invested millions of dollars developing CLP, Brad Giordani says Army
bureaucrats feared their product would be outshined.

Brad Giordani: "(The orders) were cancelled by civilians within the

Department that realized our orders were getting to be such large

that if they would have allowed these orders to go through we would now be

standard lubricant within the army."

The Army declined an interview but in a statement to U.S. admits that in

middle of the war, it stopped filling orders for Militec. It doesn't

why.
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