Team Of US Marines And Army Special Forces Land On Mountain Where Iraqi Civilians Are Stranded

A small team of U.S. Marines and Army Special Forces landed briefly Wednesday on the mountaintop where Iraqi civilians have been stranded while fleeing ISIS militants, The Guardian reports. The move, involving less than 20 U.S. personnel, was an assessment of the area for a possible rescue operation to come, reported the Wall Street Journal's Dion Nissenbaum, citing Pentagon officials. The team flew in on V-22 Osprey helicopters, and left a short time later, The Guardian reported. A British offi...