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Special Forces begin assessing Iraqi rescue plan
August 14, 2014
A team of fewer than 20 Special Forces troops reviewed conditions on Iraq's Mount Sinjar Wednesday in preparation for a plan to rescue plan for religious minorities trapped there, a senior Defense official said.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly, said all of the personnel had returned safely to the Iraqi city of Irbil by military aircraft.