US Bombs ISIS To Aid Kurds: Strikes By USS George H.W. Bush, Drones

US Bombs ISIS To Aid Kurds: Strikes By USS George H.W. Bush, Drones
US Bombs ISIS To Aid Kurds: Strikes By USS George H.W. Bush, Drones

[UPDATED with details on latest strikes] Yesterday, President Obama ordered humanitarian airdrops to Iraqi refugees and authorized — but did not actually launch — airstrikes on Islamic State forces threatening either the refugees or Erbil, the capital of quasi-independent Kurdistan. This morning, at 6:45 am Washington time, the other shoe dropped, in the form of 500-pound smart bombs…