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Dramatic Rescue of Iraqis from Mount Sinjar - Saving the Kurdish Rescue mission Iraq From ISIS 8/11/2014 Daring Rescue Iraqis from Mount Sinjar Heroic' mission rescues desperate Yazidis from ISIS.Iraq 2014 war in Iraq terror group ISIS CNN Exclusive: Chaos during Yazidi airdrop. CNN photojournalist Mark Phillips captured a dramatic rescue of Yazidis during an Iraqi military humanitarian airdrop (CNN) -- The Iraqi air force and fighters with the Kurdish peshmerga carried out a dramatic rescue mission Monday at Mount Sinjar, taking supplies to desperate Yazidis and bringing some on board to make it safely out. A CNN crew was on the flight that took baby diapers, milk, water and food to the site where thousands of people have been driven by ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State. CNN's Ivan Watson, who was on the chopper, described the mission as "heroic." Teams hurled out bags and boxes of food from as high as 50 feet before approaching the ground. Once the chopper landed, some of the trapped families rushed the helicopter. Soon, numerous people -- including babies and the elderly -- were packed into the flight. As it took off, evacuating the sobbing, hungry people, fighters on board had to open fire at the ground in order to make it away from ISIS. "They flew in shooting; they flew out shooting," Watson reported. "There was not a dry eye on the aircraft." video footage camera Dramatic Iraqi Yazidis rescue mission at mount Sinjar from ISIS video footage camera Dramatic Iraqi Yazidis rescue mission at mount Sinjar from ISIS video footage camera Dramatic Iraqi Yazidis rescue mission at mount Sinjar from ISIS video footage camera Dramatic Iraqi Yazidis rescue mission at mount Sinjar from ISIS Dramatic Iraqi Yazidis rescue mission at mount Sinjar from ISIS 2014, august. Yezidis, Yezidis, Yezidis Iraq crisis: 150,000 Yezidi Kurds refugees surrounded by Islamic extremists Thousands of Yazidi Kurds, including children, have been trapped in the mountains without food and water for days as a major international intervention gets under way housands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains as they tried to escape from Islamic State (IS) forces, are rescued by Kurdish Peshmerga forces and People's Protection Unit (YPG) in Mosul Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Jonathan Krohn, in Dohuk, Richard Spencer in Kalak, Steven Swinford and Patrick Sawer8:21PM BST 09 Aug 2014 Up to 150,000 desperate refugees were on Saturday still isolated on a barren stretch of mountain in Iraq surrounded by Islamic extremists despite a major international intervention. There were reports that thousands of Yazidi Kurds, including children, may have already lost their lives after being trapped in the mountains without food and water for days. There were fears the death toll can only rise. David Cameron spoke by phone to Barack Obama, the US President, in which they agreed that aid drops alone will not be enough and the priority must be to “get these people to safety and avert a genocide”. Downing Street said that the refugees faced a “desperate choice” between risking dying from a lack of food and water in temperatures of up to 122F (50C) on the mountainside or “descending into the barbaric hands of terrorists”. Jonathan Krohn, from The Telegraph became the first Western journalist to reach the mountains and make contact with the refugees after flying onto Mount Sinjar in a relief helicopter. He watched as hundreds of refugees ran toward the helicopter for one of the few deliveries of aid to make it to the mountain. The helicopter, which was sent by the Iraq Army Aviation force, dipped low, opened its gun bays and dropped water and food into the arms of the waiting refugees. Kurds unite to fight militants, rescue 30,000 Yazidi civilians #IraqatWar More than 30,000 Iraqi Yazidis are reportedly stranded, without food and water, in the Sinjar mountains, near the Syrian border General Ahmed Ithwany, who led the mission, told The Telegraph “it is death valley. Up to 70 per cent of them are dead.” raqi Yazidi women who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, sit at a school where they are taking shelter in the Kurdish city of Dohuk - Dramatic Rescue of Iraqis Yezidis from Mount Sinjar - Rescue mission Iraq From ISIS 8/11/2014 Dramatic Rescue of Iraqis Yezidis from Mount Sinjar - Rescue mission Iraq From ISIS 8/11/2014 Dramatic Rescue of Iraqis Yezidis from Mount Sinjar - Rescue mission Iraq From ISIS 8/11/2014 Dramatic Rescue of Iraqis Yezidis from Mount Sinjar - Rescue mission Iraq From ISIS 8/11/2014