epa04347089 This image made from US Department of Defence video shows smoke rising from airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Erbil in northern Iraq, 08 August 2014. Two US F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on mobile artillery belonging to the jihadist group near Erbil, the capital city of the autonomous region of Kurdistan. EPA/HO HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY