Possible imminent massacre ' ISIS fighters have besieged the town of Amerli , 70 miles north of Baquba , since the Sunni extremists swept into Iraq from Syria since mid-June . NEW : The general meets with top officials in Baghdad and Irbil . Airstrikes and humanitarian airdrops are being considered , White House official says . Rebel fighters have besieged the town of Amerli since June . ` ` There are signs of an imminent massacre , '' a U.N. official says .
NEW : The general meets with top officials in Baghdad and Irbil . Airstrikes and humanitarian airdrops are being considered , White House official says . Rebel fighters have besieged the town of Amerli since June . ` ` There are signs of an imminent massacre , '' a U.N. official says .