Official: Green Berets fly to Sinjar in Iraq

August 14, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon official says a team of U.S. Army Special Forces were flown atop Sinjar Mountain in northern Iraq to get a firsthand look at possible ways to rescue stranded Iraqi civilians suffering from thirst and hunger.

A defense official confirmed that the mission was accomplished Wednesday by fewer than 20 Special Forces troops with no resistance from Islamic fighters in the area. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the mission had not yet been announced.

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