UH, SIR, IT SEEMS WE HAVE A SECURITY PROBLEM...

Spc. Darrell Houzah was shocked last week to see an Iraqi worker walking toward him carrying an M-16.

The 13th Corps Support Command soldier, assigned to the 4th Corps Materiel Management Company, approached the man and asked him why he had a U.S. military weapon.

“He said, ‘I don’t understand,’” Houzah said. “I asked him to hand over the weapon, and he gave it to me. It happened so fast I didn’t have time to think about the danger.”

After getting the weapon — which belonged to a 512th Maintenance Battalion soldier — Houzah called the military police...

Another Iraqi base employee stole an 18-wheel refrigerated truck from a base contractor last week, Houzah said. The vehicle was recovered by the contractor off base, but the Iraqi man had disappeared.