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Centcom Confirms Three More Airstrikes on ISIS Targets in Iraq

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Thinkstock 082714 IraqMap?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1409197444113iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Central Command acknowledged three more airstrikes conducted against targets related to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria near Erbil and the Mosul Dam on Wednesday.

Centcom said that the latest strikes destroyed an ISIS Humvee, a supply truck and three armored vehicles. An ISIS-held building was also damaged.

In total, the U.S. Central Command has conducted 101 airstrikes in Iraq since Aug. 8, in the interest of supporting Iraqi security forces and Kurdish defense forces and to protect infrastructure and U.S. personnel.


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