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It's Monday to September. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. Let's get briefed.

First, U.S. forces launched a major operation against ISIS militants

in Iraq over the weekend in an operation that left seven U.S. service members injured.

Also, China and the Philippines are of seven US service members injured.

Also, China and the Philippines

are trading accusations again after a ship-to-ship collision

on Saturday that has significantly ramped up tensions in the South China Sea.

But first, our afternoon spotlight.

I want to begin with a significant update out of Iraq where the U.S. and coalition allies have dealt a major blow to the interests of the

Islamic State. Remember them? ISIS? The U.S. Central Command revealed Saturday that U.S.

military and Iraqi security forces conducted a major raid on ISIS strongholds

in Western Iraq in an operation on August 29th, killing 15 ISIS militants, according to a report from ABC News.

During the early morning raid and subsequent firefight last Thursday,

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