US Expands Air Strikes in Iraq to Battle the Islamic State
![A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands at a checkpoint retaken from Islamic State militants in Barznki village in Zummar, near Mosul, Sept. 15, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ec1c9464-7a20-4c0b-98f4-f4bc322b3131_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands at a checkpoint retaken from Islamic State militants in Barznki village in Zummar, near Mosul, Sept. 15, 2014.
![A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter walks past a house destroyed by American air strikes at Barznki village believed to be controlled by the Islamic State, near Mosul, Sept. 15, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5462ae8d-c453-4b68-a1c9-d037f4e42edd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter walks past a house destroyed by American air strikes at Barznki village believed to be controlled by the Islamic State, near Mosul, Sept. 15, 2014.
![A displaced child from the minority Yazidi sect who fled violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, carries a jerry can filled with water at Bajed Kadal refugee camp, southwest of Dohuk, Sept. 15, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/70c91399-dcc7-48be-860f-98bb392abbe7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A displaced child from the minority Yazidi sect who fled violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, carries a jerry can filled with water at Bajed Kadal refugee camp, southwest of Dohuk, Sept. 15, 2014.
![Members of Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters patrol the outskirts of the city looking for Islamic State militants, Ramadi, Sept. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/afeed5f3-8ae1-43f3-94ef-80def3001b9e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters patrol the outskirts of the city looking for Islamic State militants, Ramadi, Sept. 14, 2014.
![Kurdish citizens who live in Lebanon shout slogans during a demonstration against militants who refer to themselves as the Islamic State, in front of the UN building, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 15, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/55dc1ef2-2f06-4777-b4f3-f3404b9afeb3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kurdish citizens who live in Lebanon shout slogans during a demonstration against militants who refer to themselves as the Islamic State, in front of the UN building, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 15, 2014.
![A convoy of Iraqi security forces is seen during a patrol for Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Ramadi, Sept. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b45a681d-433d-4719-9952-0953ade9a2e2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A convoy of Iraqi security forces is seen during a patrol for Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Ramadi, Sept. 14, 2014.
![Members of Iraqi security forces are seen during a fight with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Ramadi, Sept. 14, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ad810ddf-2012-42f6-9401-ec6ae4cd1fad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of Iraqi security forces are seen during a fight with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Ramadi, Sept. 14, 2014.