ISIS Scores Huge Weapon Stash From US Airdrop [VIDEO]

In The Young Turks on YouTube by Hlarson0 Comments

“The Pentagon confirmed Wednesday that Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters took possession of a stray bundle of U.S.-airdropped weapons and other supplies in the Syrian border town of Kobani earlier this week.

The U.S. had dropped 28 bundles filled with grenades, mortar rounds and other supplies intended for Kurdish fighters in Kobani battling ISIS, but at least one had gone astray and was immediately destroyed.

However, Pentagon officials confirmed a second one had gone off course and ended up in enemy hands. A YouTube video uploaded on Tuesday appeared to show an ISIS militant going through an array of boxes, at least two of which contained grenades.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Kristina Wong / The Hill:
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/221527-pentagon-admits-weapons-fell-into-isis-hands

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