This is a start, and perhaps soon they will be able to retake the entire dam.
Iraq: Kurdish forces retake parts of largest dam
By Diaa Hadid, The Associated Press
POSTED: 08/17/14
IRBIL, Iraq >> Kurdish forces took over parts of Iraqs largest dam on Sunday less than two weeks after it was captured by the Islamic State extremist group, Kurdish security officials said, as U.S. and Iraqi planes aided their advance by bombing militant targets near the facility.
The U.S. began targeting Islamic State fighters with airstrikes a little over a week ago, allowing Kurdish forces to fend off an advance on their regional capital Irbil and to help tens of thousands of members of religious minorities escape the extremists onslaught.
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Iraq: Kurdish forces retake parts of largest dam
Iraq: Kurdish forces retake parts of largest dam
By Diaa Hadid, The Associated Press
POSTED: 08/17/14
IRBIL, Iraq >> Kurdish forces took over parts of Iraqs largest dam on Sunday less than two weeks after it was captured by the Islamic State extremist group, Kurdish security officials said, as U.S. and Iraqi planes aided their advance by bombing militant targets near the facility.
The U.S. began targeting Islamic State fighters with airstrikes a little over a week ago, allowing Kurdish forces to fend off an advance on their regional capital Irbil and to help tens of thousands of members of religious minorities escape the extremists onslaught.
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Iraq: Kurdish forces retake parts of largest dam
