American Forces Said to Bomb ISIS Targets in Iraq - UPDATE: Pentagon Denies; Iraq AF Claims
American military forces bombed at least two targets in northern Iraq on Thursday night to rout Islamist insurgents who have trapped tens of thousands of religious minorities in Kurdish areas, Kurdish officials said.
Word of the bombings, reported on Kurdish television from the city of Erbil, came as President Obama was preparing to make a statement in Washington.
Kurdish officials said the bombings targeted fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria who had seized two towns, Gwer and Mahmour. Residents who had fled those areas by car were heard honking their horns in approval.
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Update: Pentagon Denies US involvement
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Update: Iraq AF claiming the strikes against ISIS are theirs.
JUST IN: senior Iraqi military official tells @CNN that the Iraqi air force has flown attacks against suspected ISIS targets near Irbil
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