Blog #3

Islamic State: US probes 'stray Syria air drop' in IS video (BBC.com)

       In efforts to assist forces fighting against Isis in Syria, the United States has been dropping packages containing weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies on specific targets in Syria ensuring that these packages have reached the right hands. Recently a video created by suspected members of Isis was released indicating that a bundle of these United States weapons  have landed in their hands. On Monday, 27 of these bundles were dropped in specific locations for Kurdish forces and militias defending Syrian towns from the Islamic State. The US had reported that 26 of those bundles were delivered safely, but one had gone astray during the air drop and was destroyed to prevent the weapons from reaching enemy hands. Isis has claimed to have control of this stray bundle of weapons, but the US is still analyzing the video for clues as to whether or not this claim is accurate.

       It has not yet been determined whether or not Isis' claims are accurate, but if Isis does possess US weapons the results could be dangerous. The bundle was said to contain weapons, ammunition and medical supplies which could be helpful to Islamic State fighters. If these supplies have reached the wrong hands, it could lead to destruction and the loss of many lives. Many people have predicted that this would eventually occur. The main prospective problem with the US' air dropping of weapons has been the prediction that eventually these weapons would end up in the wrong hands.