U.S. aircraft on Wednesday launched bombing raids to support Iraqi forces fighting to recapture Tikrit from the Islamic State group, after Baghdad issued a request for air power, U.S. officials said.
"Operations are ongoing. Bombs are falling," a U.S. defense official told Agence France-Presse.
"The Iraqi government requested and we approved air power in support of operations in Tikrit."
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