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>> we will conduct a systematic campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. working with the iraqi government we will expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions so that were hitting isil targets as iraqi forces go on offense. >> the plan was to degrade and destroy isis. but the effort would be limited to air strikes because the president foreswore the deployment of american ground troops. meanwhile the beleaguered yazidi people had been forced to flee to ...

But late in the year there was a counterattack, it came from the kurds, the middle eastern ethnic minority who are concentrated in the area. their fighting force, the peshmerga backed by international air strikes succeeded in opening a corridor to mount sinjar where thousands of yazidis were trapped. our reporter benjamin hall was there when the peshmerga faced a renewed offensive by isis. at the time the village of kocho was controlled by isis and completely inaccessible. but there was plenty o...

Jayvee team. >> we will conduct a systematic campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. working with the iraqi government we will expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions so that were hitting isil targets as iraqi forces go on offense. >> the plan was to degrade and destroy isis. but the effort would be limited to air strikes because the president fore swore the deployment of american ground troops. meanwhile the beleaguered yazidi people had been forc...

But late in the year there was a counterattack, it came from the kurds, the middle eastern ethnic minority who are concentrated in the area. their fighting force, the peshmerga backed by international air strikes succeeded in opening a corridor to mount sinjar where thousands of yazidis were trapped. our reporter benjamin hall was there when the peshmerga faced a renewed offensive by isis. at the time the village of kocho was controlled by isis and completely inaccessible. but there was plenty o...

They needed a champion and they got one but would it be enough? the massacre at kocho was horrifying. but more horrifying was that isis cutting a swath across the middle east middle east repeated such atrocities wherever it went from iraqi military cadets to coptic christians. historical happenstance may have created -- in the path of isis. but there was one woman who wasnt going to let the world standby and watch. not if she could help. a member of the iraqi parliament, the land of jonah from t...

They needed a champion and they got one but would it be enough? the massacre at kocho was horrifying. but more horrifying was that isis cutting a swath across the middle east middle east repeated such atrocities wherever it went from iraqi military cadets to coptic christians. historical happenstance may have created -- in the path of isis. but there was one woman who wasnt going to let the world standby and watch. not if she could help. a member of the iraqi parliament, the land of jonah from t...

But late in the year there was a counterattack, it came from the kurds, the middle eastern ethnic minority who are concentrated in the area. their fighting force, the peshmerga backed by international air strikes succeeded in opening a corridor to mount sinjar where thousands of yazidis were trapped. our reporter benjamin hall was there when the peshmerga faced a renewed offensive by isis. at the time the village of kocho was controlled by isis and completely inaccessible. but there was plenty o...

Iraq and a small village that was visited by evil, a place called kocho. august 15th it was decision day for the people of kocho village. ten miles south of sinjar mountains, critical cross roads and ancient landmark in northern iraq. >> translator: isis surrounded the whole village. >> isis had given kocho villagers like ali an ultimatum, convert to islam or lose all their belongings and join other refugees who had fled to mt. sinjar in the past few weeks. >> translator: isis came with a bulldo...

Was visited by evil, a place called kocho. august 15th it was decision day for the people of kocho village. ten miles south of sinjar mountains, critical cross roads and ancient landmark in northern iraq. >> translator: isis surrounded the whole village. >> isis had given kocho villagers like ali an ultimatum, convert to islam or lose all their belongings and join other refugees who had fled to mt. sinjar in the past few weeks. >> translator: isis came with a bulldozer and about 40 cars armed wi...

Jayvee team. >> we will conduct a systematic campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. working with the iraqi government we will expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions so that were hitting isil targets as iraqi forces go on offense. >> the plan was to degrade and destroy isis. but the effort would be limited to air strikes because the president fore swore the deployment of american ground troops. meanwhile the beleaguered yazidi people had been forc...