Strikes against isis militants. A u. S. Official telling cnn the strikes have curtailed the movements of an Extremist Group in Northern Iraq. Overnight, the u. S. Military dropped more food and water to thousands of iraqis stranded on mt. Sinjar. Members of the yazidi minority were trapped after escaping isis militants. But there is a sign of hope. Kurdish forces were able to rescue 20,000 yazidis from that mountain. Our Senior International correspondent ivan watson has just returned, hes just there, in fact, ivan is joining us now from zako, thats near iraqs kurdish region. Ivan, a kurdish official warning of po ten tial genocide. What have you learned . Well, im standing on the tarmac of a helicopter landing pad, and we accompanied a helicopter from the Iraqi Air Force and several peshmerga fighters on board on a dangerous chaotic and, dare i said, heroic mission, to deliver aid to some of those people, those acyazidi who have been trapped on mt. Sinjar for the better part of a week
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