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U.S. starts humanitarian airdrops, weighs airstrikes in Iraq
By The Associated Press, ABC News
August 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (ABC News/AP) - The U.S. has begun using cargo planes to air drop pallets of humanitarian aid and supplies to stranded Iraqi citizens threatened by the militant Islamic group ISIS, officials told ABC News late Thursday.
In addition to the humanitarian relief for thousands of displaced religious minorities in the country's north, the White House was also weighing direct military strikes to stem the ISIS group's gains in Iraq,
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U.S. starts humanitarian airdrops, weighs airstrikes in Iraq
By The Associated Press, ABC News
August 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (ABC News/AP) - The U.S. has begun using cargo planes to air drop pallets of humanitarian aid and supplies to stranded Iraqi citizens threatened by the militant Islamic group ISIS, officials told ABC News late Thursday.
In addition to the humanitarian relief for thousands of displaced religious minorities in the country's north, the White House was also weighing direct military strikes to stem the ISIS group's gains in Iraq,
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