US weighs mission to help besieged Turkmen in Iraq
Washington (AFP) Aug 27, 2014 - The United States is weighing a possible humanitarian mission as well as air strikes to help Shiite Turkmen encircled by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq, US officials said Wednesday. If approved, the operation in Amerli could resemble US military action taken earlier this month to aid thousands of vulnerable Yazidis at Mount Sinjar, also in Iraq's north, officials said. In that ... more
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