U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media on the situation in Iraq on the South Lawn of the White House, before his departure for vacation at Martha's Vineyard, in Washington August 9, 2014. Obama said on Saturday U.S. airstrikes have destroyed arms and equipment that Islamic State insurgents could have used to attack Arbil, the Iraqi Kurdish capital, but warned the current operation in Iraq could take some time. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. aircraft struck armoured vehicles and other militant targets on Saturday in a second day of U.S. air strikes against the Islamic State, an extremist group threatening minorities in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command said.
"At approximately 11:20 a.m. EDT, a mix of U.S. fighters and remotely piloted aircraft struck one of two (Islamic State) armoured personnel carriers firing on Yazidi civilians near Sinjar, destroying the APC," Central Command said in a statement. Several other strikes followed, making for a total of four strikes.
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