Pallets of bottled water are loaded aboard a Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for a humanitarian airdrop over Iraq Aug. 8, 2014. Airmen with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron airdropped 40 bundles of water for displaced c

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Pallets of bottled water are loaded aboard a Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for a humanitarian airdrop over Iraq Aug. 8, 2014. Airmen with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron airdropped 40 bundles of water for displaced citizens in the vicinity of Sinjar, Iraq. The president authorized Central Command to conduct military operations in support of humanitarian aid deliveries and targeted airstrikes in Iraq to protect personnel and interests, in response to activities conducted by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists.

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