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Quite literally bounce off those vehicles, which were supplied by the u.s. government to the iraqi army, which folded last june and those vehicles have been captured by the isis militants and are now being used against the kurdish front lines. that's why the kurds say they need this u.s. air power to help protect them and this city that i'm in right now is full of desperate, newly homeless iraqis coming from the iraqi christian minority, from the ethnic turk kurdish, shiite minorities. they have fled as the isis militants have advanced. they are living in churches, schools, community centers, ...

Couple of days. more now from ivan watson. >> reporter: they flee anywhere they can, packed in trucks and cars, some of them moving on foot carrying their babies' cradles over their shoulders. thousands of iraqi families seeking sanctuary in iraq's kurdish north fleeing islamic militants. "we're afraid of the islamic says" says taibi. they say they're muslims but they don't act like must littles. they attack everyone, christians, even our prophet's grave isn't safe. her family has been hurt by the isis militants. my brother was a simple man who had a grocery store selling vegetables. she said....

We can act carefully and responsibly to prevent genocide. that's what we're doing on that mountain. i've therefore authorized targeted airstrikes to help forces in iraq as they fight to break the siege of mount sinjar and protect the masses trapped there. >> meanwhile, other refugees are fleeing to the iraqi city of irbil. thousands of people have arrived there. cnn's ivan watson has that. >> reporter: they flee any way they can, packed in trucks and cars. some of them moving on foot carrying their babies cradles offer their shoulders. >> thousands of iraqi families seeking sanctuary in the no...

Displaced iraqis who have flooded in now. >> among the half million who fled there, i think the americans thought as much as well positioning the military advisers there. can you talk about the americans and the refugees? >> i haven't got a look at the u.s. military or diplomatic presence on the ground here. but i've certainly seen this -- enormous flood of displaced iraqis and it's pretty emotional to see. all of these people left in a matter of hours wednesday night as the kurdish peshmerga were pushed out of towns and villages and members of the mosaic of ethnic and religious minority who h...

Airstrikes to protect the civilians trapped there. >> it was only this past weekend when extremists stormed the iraqi town forcing members of the ancient yazidi religion to flee to the mountains. >> other refugees have been fleeing to the nearby city. that's where the u.n. says some 180,000 people have arrived in the past few days. you can imagine the urgency that that creates. ivan watson is there. >> reporter: they plea any way they can, packed in trucks and cars, some of them moving on foot carrying their cradles over their shoulders. thousands of iraqi families seeking sanctuary in iraq's ...