Yeah, ok, stupid stuff happens in battle situations, but what about all that aid flowing into their hands that they’re (Islamic State) collecting taxes on?
US admits arms airdrop fell into Islamic State hands in Syria
Officials say video which shows masked jihadist with grenade and rocket shipments appears to be authentic
WASHINGTON — The US military admitted Wednesday a bundle of ammunition and weapons dropped over the Syrian border town of Kobani drifted off course and likely ended up in the hands of Islamic State jihadists instead of Kurdish forces.
Officials said they had no reason to doubt the authenticity of a video posted online on Tuesday showing a masked gunman displaying a parachute and wooden crates full of grenades and rockets.
After an airdrop of weapons and medical supplies to Kurdish fighters in Kobani early on Monday, the US military had acknowledged that one of 28 bundles had missed and had to be destroyed in an air strike.
But Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren on Wednesday told reporters “a second bundle also went astray and probably fell into enemy hands.”