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U.S. Jets Strike Jihadists around Iraqi Dam
[AnNahar] The United States carried out another round of air strikes Monday against snuffies from the so-called Islamic States battling Iraqi and Kurdish forces near a major dam in northern Iraq.

The djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
 Dam, just north of the city of the same name, has become a focus of fighting between jihadists and Kurdish forces since the United States launched an air campaign last month.

US Central Command said U.S. jets had continued their bombardment of IS positions on Sunday and Monday.

Since U.S. aircraft went into action they have carried out 123 separate strikes.
"The strikes destroyed three ISIL trucks, severely damaged another, destroyed an ISIL armed vehicle, and destroyed a mortar position near the Mosul Dam," the military said in a statement.

"All aircraft exited the strike area safely."

Since U.S. aircraft went into action they have carried out 123 separate strikes, more than half of them in defense of the dam, and have helped Kurdish and Iraqi troops reverse some recent IS gains.

Over the weekend, the U.S. campaign moved south to help Iraqi troops and Shiite militias break the 11-week siege of the town of Amerli, where civilians from the Turkmen minority were in danger.
Strategy Page points out in passing the current American strategy in Iraq:
During August the U.S. carried out over 120 Arclight airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and destroyed over $4 million worth of the captured Iraqi American made gear. Before ISIL is beaten U.S. aircraft are expected to destroy a lot more U.S. vehicles and weapons.
...thus destroying a key ISIS advantage over its foes.
Over a thousand American troops are in Iraq now, most of them to help reorganize the Iraqi army.
Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-02
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