U.S. Launches More Airstrikes Against Islamic State Fighters In Iraq

U.S. Airstrikes Target ISIS Fighters Near 2nd-Largest Dam In Iraq -- CNN

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military launched airstrikes targeting ISIS fighters around a key dam in western Iraq on Sunday, the Pentagon said.

It carried out the airstrikes near Haditha Dam at the request of Iraq, according to Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary.



If the terror group seized the dam -- the second-largest in the country -- it would prove catastrophic. It provides water to millions of people in western and southern Iraq.

The U.S. also fears the militants could use the water to flood villages and seize control of the nation's lucrative electricity industry.

"We conducted these strikes to prevent terrorists from further threatening the security of the dam, which remains under control of Iraqi security forces -- with support from Sunni tribes," Kirby said.


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