Kurds volunteer to fight against Islamic State in Iraq (16 images)

Volunteers from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take up their position as they fight with Kurdish forces against the militants from the Islamic State, near Khazer town near Mosul city, northern Iraq, August 10, 2014. The U.S. military said it had attacked Islamic State targets throughout Sunday, successfully conducting multiple airstrikes using fighter planes and drones to defend Kurdish forces near Erbil. UPI/Mohammed al Jumaily

Volunteers from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take up their position as they fight with Kurdish forces against the militants from the Islamic State, near Khazer town near Mosul city, northern Iraq, August 10, 2014. The U.S. military said it had attacked Islamic State targets throughout Sunday, successfully conducting multiple airstrikes using fighter planes and drones to defend Kurdish forces near Erbil. UPI/Mohammed al Jumaily

Volunteers from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take up their position as they fight with Kurdish forces against the militants from the Islamic State, near Khazer town near Mosul city, northern Iraq, August 10, 2014. The U.S. military said it had attacked Islamic State targets throughout Sunday, successfully conducting multiple airstrikes using fighter planes and drones to defend Kurdish forces near Erbil. UPI/Mohammed al Jumaily

Volunteers from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take up their position as they fight with Kurdish forces against the militants from the Islamic State, near Khazer town near Mosul city, northern Iraq, August 10, 2014. The U.S. military said it had attacked Islamic State targets throughout Sunday, successfully conducting multiple airstrikes using fighter planes and drones to defend Kurdish forces near Erbil. UPI/Mohammed al Jumaily