"Yesterday we announced that one resupply bundle went astray and was destroyed. We have since relooked at that and we have determined that a second bundle also went astray and probably fell into enemy hands," said Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.
Twenty-six other bundles of supplies were dropped to Kurds in the besieged city and reached their targets, he said.
[jpost.com]
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