America’s air dropped weapons fall into the wrong hands

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american weapons in ISIS hand 2At least one bundle of U.S. weapons airdropped in Syria appears to have fallen into the hands of ISIS, a dangerous misfire in the American mission to speed aid to Kurdish forces making their stand in Kobani.

An ISIS-associated YouTube account posted a new video online Tuesday entitled, “Weapons and munitions dropped by American planes and landed in the areas controlled by the Islamic State in Kobani.” The video was also posted on the Twitter account of “a3maq news,” which acts as an unofficial media arm of ISIS. The outfit has previously posted videos of ISIS fighters firing American made Howitzer cannons and seizing marijuana fields in Syria.

ISIS had broadly advertised its acquisition of a broad range of U.S.-made weapons during its rampage across Iraq. ISIS videos have showed its fighters driving U.S. tanks, MRAPs, Humvees. There are unconfirmed reports ISIS has stolen three fighter planes from Iraqi bases it conquered.

The authenticity of this latest video could not be independently confirmed, but the ISIS fighters in the video are in possession of a rich bounty of American hand grenades, rounds for small rockets, and other supplies that they will surely turn around and use on the Kurdish forces they are fighting in and around the Turkish border city.

ISIS shows American-made weapons it says were intended for the Kurds but actually were air dropped into territory they control.
ISIS shows American-made weapons it says were intended for the Kurds but actually were air dropped into territory they control.

On Monday, White House Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said the U.S. government was confident that the emergency airdropped supplies for the Kurdish forces near Kobani were falling into the right hands.

“We feel very confident that, when we air drop support as we did into Kobani… we’ve been able to hit the target in terms of reaching the people we want to reach,” Rhodes told CNN. “What I can assure people is that, when we are delivering aid now, we focus it on the people we want to receive that assistance. Those are civilians in need. Those are forces that we’re aligned with in the fight against ISIL [the government’s preferred acronym for ISIS], and we take precautions to make sure that it’s not falling into the wrong hands.”

Rhodes was responding to questions about a Monday report in The Daily Beast that U.S. humanitarian aid was flowing into ISIS controlled areas near Kobani by truck. That aid was mostly food and medical supplies, not the kind of lethal weapons in the new ISIS video.

The Daily Beast

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20 responses to “America’s air dropped weapons fall into the wrong hands”

  1. The real lebanese Avatar
    The real lebanese

    Maybe Turkey should stop being a female canine so this wouldn’t be an issue..

    1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
      Maborlz Ez-Hari

      The bitch needs a turkey slap.

    2. Hind Abyad Avatar
      Hind Abyad

      Huh why female??

      1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
        Maborlz Ez-Hari

        Because.

        1. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          because you need a slap..

          1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
            Maborlz Ez-Hari

            Ouch baby.

          2. 5thDrawer Avatar

            hohohohohoho 😉

          3. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
            Maborlz Ez-Hari

            :)))))) she can do it again…..

      2. The real lebanese Avatar
        The real lebanese

        A female canine is a b!tch, literally.

        1. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          So “literally” it’s worst than male dog?..dogs are men best friends male or female, and his name is already her Dog..you could say hyena, sneak, i call Wahhabites Rats.

          1. The real lebanese Avatar
            The real lebanese

            Look up bitch in the dictionary. The scientific term is a female canine.

          2. Hind Abyad Avatar
            Hind Abyad

            Sigh.. i venture out of the dictionary when it’s unnecessary 🙂

  2. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
    Maborlz Ez-Hari

    Maybe the Arabs, Kurds, Assyrians, Moslems and Christians should unite and use the donated weapons on the ones feeding this mess instead of on each other like the hameeeeer they are.

    1. Hind Abyad Avatar
      Hind Abyad

      That’s what Saladin said, that’s what Laurence said; no unity.

  3. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    So that’s the big story today?
    that a parachute erred and fell on the wrong side of the hill? What a shame. That’s it, Amrika is retreating because of that?
    One crate is lost to the enemy but the Kurds got 25 crates.
    Much more than anyone in the world provided. Even less the hostage taker to the north who dubbed the operation today a “failure”.
    This one’s for Erdogan. Who needs you punk…

    1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
      Maborlz Ez-Hari

      Have you been allocated auditing duties, shut up fool.

      1. MekensehParty Avatar
        MekensehParty

        Great contribution as always from the expat lebanese who keep proving that no matter where they’ll go and how long they’ll stay most will remain the same barbarians that left a destroyed house they were squatting in.

        1. Hind Abyad Avatar
          Hind Abyad

          Idem.

        2. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
          Maborlz Ez-Hari

          We still have our house but someone else is squatting in it. And good luck to them cos they know how to live unlike sideline commentators like yourself. Mr i hate lebanon.

    2. 5thDrawer Avatar

      It’s propaganda.

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