Iraqi Town Besieged by Islamic State Pleads for U.S. Help - WSJ
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“The U.S. deals in double standards in its defense and airstrikes,” said Adel al Bayati, the town’s district manager who has spent weeks appealing to Iraqi, Kurdish and American authorities to come to the rescue. “Our district might be the only one that has resisted since the crisis in June.”