Iraq Kurds release footage of US commando raid

[WorldNews]

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The government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Sunday released footage it said was of the brazen commando operation it carried out with elite US troops at a jihadist-run prison. Elite Kurdish forces supported by US Delta Force fighters freed about 70 people who were being held by the Islamic State group near the Iraqi city of Hawijah during a raid on Thursday. It also raised questions over Washington's commitment to its declared "no boots on the ground" policy although the Pentagon stressed that the forces involved in the raid were there in an advisory capacity.

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