Kurdish news agency releases video of private humanitarian helicopter drop, swamped by refugees. [View all]

[Fred Sanders]

Last edited Sat Aug 9, 2014, 03:08 PM - Edit history (2)

*EDIT: CNN Now showing snips of this near 3 minute video. I should have called dibs.


Helicopter carrying aid reaches Mount Sinjar (Mount Shingal, in Kurdish)
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August 9, 2014 12:37 PM EDT — A glimpse of desperate plight of Yazidis trapped on the mountaintop, besieged by extremists from the Islamic State in Iraq. Kurdish forces and a human rights organization distributed food and water to those in need on Friday. (Rudaw Kurdish)

Story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/09/video-helicopter-carrying-aid-reaches-yazidis-stranded-on-mount-sinjar/?hpid=z1

Video:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/world/helicopter-carrying-aid-reaches-mount-sinjar/2014/08/09/e9efb488-1fe3-11e4-9b6c-12e30cbe86a3_video.html

U.S. airstrike targets militants in Iraq http://wapo.st/X6RPoM via @PostTV

"As the United States drops humanitarian aid onto Mount Sinjar, where thousands of Iraq's minority Yazidis are stranded without food or water, Iraqi forces and local charities have been organizing their own efforts to help those in need.

A video released by Rudaw, a Kurdish news organization, gives a glimpse of those operations, as well as the desperate plight of those trapped on the mountaintop, besieged by extremists from the Islamic State.

Crowds swarm as the helicopter laden with food and water touches down on the mountain, known as Mount Shingal in Kurdish. The footage appears to show one young man scrambling to climb aboard as it takes off again. Twenty people managed to squeeze into the helicopter to be lifted to safety, the video states."