The shipment was supposed to consist of thousands of 2,000- and 500-pound bombs, with U.S. concern being how the larger explosives could be used in Rafah.
In March, two Marine Raiders — Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, 34, of Simi Valley, California, and Capt. Moises A. Navas, 34, of Germantown, Maryland — were killed while advising Iraqi Security Forces on a mission against ISIS in the southern Makhmur Mountains in Iraq, about 60 km south of Erbil.