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The U.S. military launched its first airstrike on Islamic State militants in northern Iraq on Friday, hours after President Obama authorized military action and humanitarian drops to protect the autonomous Kurdish-controlled city Erbil, said the Pentagon. The Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said “two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near Erbil.” The decision to strike was made by the U.S. Central Command commander pursuant in addition to the President’s authorization to strike…
