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US Military Airstrikes Hit Multiple ISIS Targets in Iraq

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GETTY 91614 FighterJet?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1410899577785iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military conducted five more airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets in Iraq, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday.

Two of the strikes were northwest of Irbil. Those “destroyed an ISIL armed truck and an ISIL fighting position,” CENTCOM said in a statement, using one of several acronyms for the militant Islamic group.

The remaining strikes were southwest of Baghdad and “damaged an ISIL truck and destroyed an ISIL anti-aircraft artillery piece, a small ISIL ground unit and two small boats on the Euphrates River that were re-supplying ISIL forces in the area,” according to CENTCOM.

The fighter aircraft used in the strikes all managed to exit the area safely.

Since Aug. 8, CENTCOM says it has conducted 167 airstrikes across Iraq.


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