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    1. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Aug 2014

      US military launches air strike against Islamic state artillery near Irbil in #Iraq, @PentagonPresSec tweetshttp://bbc.in/1zZPrhz 

      74 replies 705 retweets 185 likes
      BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Aug 2014

      US strike in #Iraq followed Islamist militants firing on Kurdish forces, @PentagonPresSec tweetshttp://bbc.in/1pgsFOL 

      6:01 AM - 8 Aug 2014
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        2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          Continuing coverage as US launches air strike against #Iraq militantshttp://bbc.in/1uvfbPz 

          20 replies 159 retweets 57 likes
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        2. O Ummah‏ @omarusmani79 8 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld @PentagonPresSec correction .....they(ISIS) are not following islam...

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. umm e ammar‏ @UsmaniMadiha 8 Aug 2014
          Replying to @omarusmani79

          @omarusmani79 @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld @PentagonPresSec yeh thy are maligning the name of islam.... its all a conspiracy! #foreignelements

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. O Ummah‏ @omarusmani79 8 Aug 2014
          Replying to @UsmaniMadiha

          @UsmaniMadiha @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld @PentagonPresSec that's right ... what ISIS is doing ... destroying Iraq. May Allah safe people of Iraq

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. O Ummah‏ @omarusmani79 8 Aug 2014
          Replying to @omarusmani79

          @UsmaniMadiha @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld @PentagonPresSec what about porple of gaza aren't they human.... but America and UK is doing nothing..

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        2. SFR‏ @cali94612 8 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @PentagonPresSec so #ISIS is are using US weapons to attack the #Kurds and we won't give the weapons to fight? Just stupid.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Avani Shah‏ @avanifire 8 Aug 2014
          Replying to @cali94612

          @cali94612 @BBCBreaking @PentagonPresSec Obama’s Help To Yazidis: Who Are These People? -http://bit.ly/1sruibz 

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        1. الله خير حافظا‏ @Q8Stay 8 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          “@BBCBreaking: who is going to strike the shiaa militants terrorizing people everywhere??? @PentagonPresSec

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        1. Sankar Chanda‏ @sankarchanda99 8 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @PentagonPresSec World watches in relief & respect as US saves peaceful people from depredations of fanatic, jihadist invaders.

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        1. #gabbar‏ @hevalnoagit 8 Aug 2014
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          #gabbar Retweeted BBC Breaking News

          @BBCBreaking @PentagonPresSec@Hevallo https://twitter.com/bbcbreaking/status/497729219196387328 … #TwitterKurds

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          US strike in #Iraq followed Islamist militants firing on Kurdish forces, @PentagonPresSec tweets http://bbc.in/1pgsFOL 
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        1. logic man‏ @Wings170 8 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @PentagonPresSec What about striking israel also? OHH i forgot that israel is killing only Muslims, so its ok for usa!!!

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        1. Kayo‏ @BukayoArowolo 8 Aug 2014
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        1. AHMED‏ @albusaidi29 8 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld @PentagonPresSec Im a Muslim and im with USA to destroy Islamist militants . They have distorted the image of Islam .

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        1. Oscar ‏ @711_oscar 8 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @PentagonPresSec de

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        1. Elizabeth Brown‏ @bogiefurret 8 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @PentagonPresSec So it begins

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