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Archive: August, 2014

Aug. 14, 2014

U.S. Military Conducts Airstrike Against ISIL Northwest of Irbil (corrected)

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 14, 2014 - U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Iraq today, with a mix of fighter and remotely piloted aircraft successfully conducting airstrikes on two ISIL-armed vehicles and an ISIL-operated mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle northwest of Irbil. At approximately 11:05 a.m. EDT, U.S. aircraft

Aug. 8, 2014

Statement on Iraq by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel

This evening, at the president's direction, and at the request of the Government of Iraq, the U.S. military conducted a humanitarian assistance operation near Sinjar in northern Iraq.