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John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said U.S. officials believe the number on Sinjar is now &#8220;in the neighborhood of 4,000,&#8221; and that between 1,500 and 2,000 of those are local residents who live there and have no plans to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We believe based on our assessment of conditions on the mountain that it is much less likely that we&#8217;ll need to continue to airdrop any more food and water,&#8221; Kirby said. The last airdrop was Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. assessment team that spent Wednesday on the mountaintop reported numbers far smaller and circumstances less dire than feared. 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