MESOP : REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY – U.S. JET FIGHTERS OVER GWER & SINJAR

LAUNCHED BY U.S.S. GEORGE BUSH IN THE PERSIAN GULF – MESOP 8.8.2014 – U.S. jet fighters bomb jihadist targets in Iraq: Kurdistan official 

August 8, 2014 – ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— A spokesman for Kurdistan’s Peshmerga force said US warplanes on Thursday bombed Islamic State jihadist targets in two areas of northern Iraq. “F-16s first entered Iraqi airspace on a reconnaissance mission and are now targeting Daash (Islamic State) in Gwer and in the Sinjar region,” Holgard Hekmat told AFP around 2100 GMT. Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said that reports of US air strikes were false. “No such action taken,” he said on Twitter. The Kurdish official said: “They just struck the bridge linking Mosul to Gwer. The bridge had been used by Daash to channel reinforcements and ammunition to Gwer.” He added: “Their main supply line is now cut, they are isolated in Gwer and the F-16s are striking them there.” Hekmat did not elaborate on the targets in the Sinjar area, further west.