Iraqi pilots deliver food and ammunition to Isis militants by mistake
Supplies were intended for Iraqi soldiers besieged by militants
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Your support makes all the difference.Iraqi military pilots intending to supply aid and armoury to its solders besieged by Isis militants have mistakenly supplied the items directly to its enemy instead.
A senior security official and a brigadier general told NBC News that the supplies of food, water and ammunition intended to help Iraqi soldiers in the country’s western province of Saglawyah, was dropped over an area controlled by Isis (also known as Islamic State) militants in error.
“Some pilots, instead of dropping these supplies over the area of the Iraqi army, threw it over the area that is controlled by Isis fighters.
Both the brigadier-general and Al-Zamili said there will be an investigation into the incident.
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