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Pentagon scales back Iraq rescue operation

A team of Green Berets that did recon in Iraq on Wed. reported none of the civilians still on Mount Sinjar were in danger of dying of thirst or starvation. New information shows U.S. airstrikes drove back the Islamic militants while Kurdish soldiers served as escorts off the mountain. David Martin reports.
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