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US team in & out of Mt. Sinjar to assess situation
(Reuters) - A team including personnel from the U.S. military and the U.S. Agency for International Development landed on Iraq's Mount Sinjar early on Wednesday to assess how to evacuate civilians taking refugee from the IS, a U.S. official said. "They were there last night and they did an assessment," said the official, saying this occurred early on Wednesday in Iraq.A second U.S. official said fewer than 20 personnel were involved in the assessment of the situation and all had returned safely to the Kurdistan capital of Arbil by military air. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-08-14 |
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