U.S. Green Berets Land On Iraqi Mountain To Weigh Rescue -- CBS News
U.S. troops landed Wednesday among refugees who remain stranded and starving on a mountaintop in Iraq.
Several thousand ethnic Yazidis ran to Mount Sinjar after an Islamic extremist group known as ISIS overran much of northern Iraq. President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes last week to push ISIS back.
A team of about 20 American Green Berets has just completed a reconnaissance mission on Mount Sinjar. They spent nearly the entire day trying to determine what it will take to get thousands of desperate refugees off the mountain.
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More News ON U.S. Special Forces Completing A Reconnaissance Mission On Rescuing Thousands Of Iraqi Refugees On Mount Sinjar
U.S. team lands on Iraqi mountain where Yazidis are trapped -- Reuters
US forces land on Mount Sinjar in Iraq -- Irish Times
British and American special forces land on Mount Sinjar but Pentagon suggests massive evacuation won't take place -- Daily Mail
US has nearly 1,000 troops in Iraq -- The Hill
Update: A U.S. Rescue Operation Of The Yazidis Will Not Happen ....
Pentagon: US Evacuation of Yazidis from Iraqi Mountain Unlikely -- VOA
Evacuation of Yazidis on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq 'Far Less Likely,' Says Pentagon -- ABC News
US Unlikely to Conduct Evacuation of Refugees From Mount Sinjar in Iraq – Pentagon -- RIA Novosti
Iraq evacuation of Yazidis on hold as White House declares siege is over -- The Guardian
U.S. evacuation of Yazidis from Iraq's Mount Sinjar unlikely - Pentagon -- Reuters
Militants’ Siege on Mountain in Iraq Is Over, Pentagon Says -- New York Times
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