US to probe alleged Chinese-made ammunition cover-up

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Source: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US and Albanian authorities announced probes Tuesday into allegations that the US ambassador to Albania concealed the Chinese origins of ammunition sent to supply Afghan security forces.

The US State Department said its inspector general would conduct a "thorough, fair and transparent" internal investigation of the matter.

Department spokesman Tom Casey said the ambassador, John Withers, "fully expects that the facts will exonerate him and his staff of any and all the allegations that are out there."

"I have absolutely no reason to believe that anything different than that will happen," Casey said.

Albanian authorities have questioned dozens of people over the affair.

"I am determined to uncover the truth," Albanian Attorney General Ina Rama said. "The investigations will continue and we are determined to follow every lead."

The allegations were made by House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman in a letter sent Monday to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that was published in several newspapers.


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1. Well, that's interesting.