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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 theyve been out of the normal supply lines for a week. The supplies were dropped, just not where youd 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 Iraqs own military is, largely looted from Iraqi military bases, and mightve 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/
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)I just keep telling myself that.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Or maybe that was their plan all along....
Muahahahahaha.....
Journeyman
(15,031 posts)look for that mistake to be made over and over again."
Time will tell if only ISIS reaped benefits from this "mistake."
PeteSelman
(1,508 posts)We shouldn't be there.
Texasgal
(17,045 posts)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)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.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Best to get the hell out of their way, and let them finish each other off.