The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 13, 2015 Amnesty International Accuses U.S.-Backed Kurdish Militia of War Crimes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meanwhile, the United States has also begun airdropping pallets of weapons and ammunition to a Kurdish militia fighting against ISIL in northern Syria. This comes as Amnesty International has accused another U.S.-backed Kurdish militia operating in the region of committing war crimes by forcefully displacing thousands of Syrian civilians and demolishing their homes. .