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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

U.S. accidentally delivered weapons to the Islamic State by airdrop, militants say


The Islamic State has released a new video in which it brags that it recovered weapons and supplies that the U.S. military intended to deliver to Kurdish fighters, who are locked in a fight with the militants over control of the Syrian border town of Kobane.

The SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks jihadist social media accounts, drew attention to the video Tuesday.

At one point, it appears to show a masked militant raking his hands through a crate filled with hand grenades.

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