<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53e4c8006da811fe4ec7f9b5-1200-924/iraq-isis-6.jpg" border="0" alt="iraq ISIS"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Stringer </span></p><p class="caption">An ISIS fighter stands guard at checkpoint near the city of Baiji, north of Baghdad June 19, 2014.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>A U.S. military aircraft conducted a strike in Iraq against artillery held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby wrote on Twitter Friday morning.</p>
<p>"US military aircraft conduct strike on ISIL artillery. Artillery was used against Kurdish forces defending Erbil, near US personnel," Kirby <a href="https://twitter.com/PentagonPresSec/status/497725099970031616" target="_blank">wrote</a>.</p>
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REUTERS/Stringer An ISIS fighter stands guard at checkpoint near the city of Baiji, north of Baghdad June 19, 2014.A U.S. military aircraft conducted a strike in Iraq against artillery held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby wrote on Twitter Friday morning. "US military aircraft conduct strike on ISIL artillery. Artillery was used against Kurdish forces defending Erbil, near US personnel," Kirby wrote. MORE TO COME...

REUTERS/Stringer An ISIS fighter stands guard at checkpoint near the city of Baiji, north of Baghdad June 19, 2014. A U.

US CONDUCTS AIR STRIKE IN IRAQ

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