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Isos forces moving toward The main Kurdish city of Erbil have driven the
Yazidis, a minority Kurdish religious group into the nearby mountains.
From Isis' previous actions and stated objectives the elimination of these people if they stayed, basically genocide, would have been certain.
The US is providing food and water drops as a humanitarian action, without which many would die.
Obama faced the nation a few minutes ago and ruled out American combat troops, but did not rule out military airstrikes and drone attacks on the advancing Isis army.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/0...pped-iraqis-officials-say.html?_r=0&referrer=
Yazidis, a minority Kurdish religious group into the nearby mountains.
From Isis' previous actions and stated objectives the elimination of these people if they stayed, basically genocide, would have been certain.
The US is providing food and water drops as a humanitarian action, without which many would die.
Obama faced the nation a few minutes ago and ruled out American combat troops, but did not rule out military airstrikes and drone attacks on the advancing Isis army.
Administration officials said that Mr. Obama was considering airstrikes on ISIS targets in northern Iraq that would be aimed at preventing the fall of Erbil, as the Islamic militants continued to press advances. Such a move would involve the United States in a significant battlefield role in Iraq for the first time since the last American combat soldier left at the end of 2011.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/0...pped-iraqis-officials-say.html?_r=0&referrer=