ISIS’ Ammunition Is Shown to Have Origins in U.S. and China

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In its campaign across northern Syria and Iraq, the jihadist group Islamic State has been using ammunition from the United States and other countries that have been supporting the regional security forces fighting the group, according to new field data gathered by a private arms-tracking organization.<br><br>The data, part of a larger sample of captured arms and cartridges in Syria and Iraq, carries an implicit warning for policy makers and advocates of intervention.</span><div> <br></div> <div> <img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/10/06/world/ALT-AMMO/ALT-AMMO-articleLarge.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></div>

ISIS’ Ammunition Is Shown to Have Origins in U.S. and China

In its campaign across northern Syria and Iraq, the jihadist group Islamic State has been using ammunition from the United States and other ...

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