US 'drops weapons into hands of Islamic State'

Pentagon investigating whether weapons intended for Kurds accidentally ended up with Islamic State

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(Image credit: Gokhan Sahin/Getty)

The US is investigating claims that a cache of weapons dropped into Syria to help Kurdish fighters actually ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants.

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