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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 07:14 PM Sep 2014

Iraq Accidentally Drops Food, Ammo on ISIS Fighters

Iraqi military supply helicopters were supposed to be taking shipments of food, water, and ammunition to besieged troops in the Shaqlawah base in Anbar Province late last week, where they’ve been out of the normal supply lines for a week. The supplies were dropped, just not where you’d want them.

Instead of dropping the shipments of food, water, and ammunition on the besieged base, many of the pilots mistakenly dropped the supplies on the ISIS fighters themselves.

Which is great for ISIS, who after all is using the same US-made weaponry Iraq’s own military is, largely looted from Iraqi military bases, and might’ve had a hard time finding spare ammunition otherwise.

The bungled airdrops were reported by Iraqi MP Hakim al-Zamill, from the Security and Defense Committee. He said the mistakes were because of “lack of experience of the pilots.”

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http://news.antiwar.com/2014/09/30/iraq-accidentally-drops-food-ammo-on-isis-fighters/

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MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. They should put out a rumor that the food is poisoned and the ammo will blow up in their faces....
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 07:21 PM
Sep 2014

Or maybe that was their plan all along....

Muahahahahaha.....


Journeyman

(15,031 posts)
4. Bartcop used to say, "When a mistake is made that financially benefits the person in charge. . .
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 07:24 PM
Sep 2014

look for that mistake to be made over and over again."

Time will tell if only ISIS reaped benefits from this "mistake."

Texasgal

(17,045 posts)
6. Oh lovely!
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 07:27 PM
Sep 2014

Pretty soon we will start to get reports of millions of dollars in CASH that simply just vanishes into thin air. :grrr:

wandy

(3,539 posts)
7. I know it isn't funny but the first thing that came to mind was..............
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 07:35 PM
Sep 2014
U.N.: Iraqi children may confuse rations, bomblets
The United Nations warned Wednesday that humanitarian food rations being distributed in Iraq by U.S.-led coalition forces are wrapped in the same yellow packaging as deadly so-called bomblets being airdropped by the coalition.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/02/sprj.irq.aid.bomblets/index.html?iref=newssearch

It would be completely in-keeping with this mess.
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