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Obama Threatens Iraq Strikes

US President Barack Obama says his military is on stand-by to take targeted strikes on Islamist militants in Iraq.

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American military aircraft have already airdropped food and water to Iraqis threatened by the militants.

Tens of thousands of people – mostly Christians – were forced to leave their homes and flee into the mountains in Northern Iraq.

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the attacks.

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