Humanitarian Drops in Iraq

Shaun Keating News Feather Story 2014

Possibility of air strikes remains

Humanitarian aid drops have begun in Iraq

  1. ISIS is a group of Sunni Muslim extremists in Iraq.
  2. They have military weapons stolen from Iraqi forces.
  3. Over the weekend, ISIS overran a town full of Christians, Shiite Muslims, Turkmen, and other religious minorities.
  4. The townspeople fled their homes to avoid being killed.
  5. Thousands of people are hiding in the mountains around their former homes.
  6. Dozens of children have died of thirst.
  7. US planes bearing humanitarian aid are in the air.