Local Sources: Foreign Planes Providing ISIL with Arms Backup

Local sources in Anbar province, Western Iraq, disclosed on Saturday that an unidentified plane has supplied the ISIL terrorists with arms and ammunition.

“An unidentified plane dropped packages containing weapons and military equipment for the ISIL in Al-Anbar desert near Al-Ratabeh region 320 kilometers to the West of the city of Al-Ramadi,” Al-Sumeriya news website quoted an Iraqi local source as saying.

The source, who asked to remain unnamed, reiterated that the ISIL members collected all the packages and took them to A-Ratabeh.

Last month, a member of the Iraqi Parliament’s Security and Defense Commission disclosed that a US plane had supplied the ISIL terrorist organization with arms and ammunition in Salahuddin province.

MP Majid al-Gharawi stated that the available information pointed out that the US planes are supplying ISIL organization, not only in Salahuddin province, but also other provinces, Iraq TradeLink reported.

He added that the US and the international coalition are “not serious in fighting against the ISIL organization, because they have the technological power to determine the presence of ISIL gunmen and destroy them in one month”.

Gharawi added that “the US is trying to expand the time of the war against the ISIL to get guarantees from the Iraqi government to have its bases in Mosul and Anbar provinces.”

Salahuddin security commission also disclosed that “unknown planes threw arms and ammunition to the ISIL gunmen Southeast of Tikrit city”.

Also last month, a senior Iraqi legislator lashed out at the western countries and their regional allies for supporting Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, complaining that the coalition is the main cause of ISIL’s survival in Iraq.

“There are proofs and evidence for the US-led coalition’s military aid to ISIL terrorists through air(dropped cargoes),” Chairman of the Iraqi Parliament’s Security and Defense Committee Hakem al-Zameli told FNA.

He noted that the members of his committee have already proved that the US planes have dropped advanced weaponry, including anti-aircraft weapons, for the ISIL, and that it has set up an investigation committee to probe into the matter.

“The US drops weapons for the ISIL on the excuse of not knowing about the whereabouts of the ISIL positions and it is trying to distort the reality with its allegations.

He noted that the committee collects the data and the evidence provided by eyewitnesses, including Iraqi army officers and the popular forces, and said, “These documents are given to the investigation committee … and the necessary measures will be taken to protect the Iraqi airspace.”

Salahuddin security commission also disclosed that “unknown planes threw arms and ammunition to the ISIL gunmen Southeast of Tikrit city”.