U.S. aircraft strike ISIS artillery in Iraq

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) US aircraft launched strikes against jihadist-held positions in northern Iraq after artillery fire near U.S. personnel, as the White House called for a new “inclusive” government and said that any future additional support to the Iraqi governement would not be prolonged.

Two US F/A-18 aircraft dropped 225-kilogram laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near the Kurdish region’s capital of Erbil, said Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby.

Later on Friday, U.S. forces launched a second wave of air strikes near Erbil, destroying a militant convoy and two mortar teams, the Pentagon said.

Shortly after 1400 GMT, U.S. drones destroyed a mortar position and killed a group of militants. Just over an hour later four F/A-18 jets hit a seven-vehicle ISIS convoy with eight laser-guided bombs. /End/