it was basically a large wall of compound. they moved forward, but it s thought about 100 yards from the compound. some of the six or so guards heard them coming and the soldiers began to call to surrender and that s when the firing started. they were being held the result of a long period of spy surveillance of drone surveillance. of listening in and eavesdr eavesdropping. the window of opportunity is absolutely tiny. the risks at that point were huge. basically they had been rumbled and could move forward. a senior military analyst and official in washington said that some of the commandos saw a militant move towards the building where the two hostages
and get the fastest wifi included. comcast business. built for business. fox news confirming that the u.s. military is flying armed drones over iraq and insist it is surveillance. we have fred here to talk about the broad issue of inteleigence gaerthing. there is an associated press piece that speaks to the frustration with officials working in confines in countries like iraq and not enabeling them to do their job and essentially saying the government is too risk adverse. are we overrelint on drone surveillance and not relying enough on human enteleigence.
a day to baghdad with 70 tons of supplies. with syria and iran battling the same enemy as the u.s. it is making for some very strange bedfellows. here s jim acosta. reporter: all of a sudden the u.s. may have some unlikely helping hands in iraq. u.s. officials believe syria launched air strikes on isis military strong holds. adding the syrian air assault, iran is conducting drone surveillance over isis forces. with that kind of assistance from two longtime adversaries is not sitting well with the obama administration. we ve made it clear to everyone in the region that we don t need anything to take place that might exacerbate the sectarian divisions that are already at a heightened level of tension. reporter: the problem, secretary of state john kerry, said after his trip to the region, is that iraq needs to take care of its own security. that s one of the reasons why
i don t believe just a carrier itself. i would like to see an amphibious ready group, more helicopters and marines. fighter jets on the carrier could be used to strike isis targets. the u.s. has increased drone surveillance over western and northern iraq in an effort to gather more intelligence to share with iraqi forces for targeting isis on the ground. but a former u.s. commander in iraq says it will be very tough. it s the same reason it was so hard to target them when we had 160,000 troops there. they intermingle with the people. you know, i think some of the media has shown these truck convoys going down the roads and i think the uninitiated might say what s so hard about that. let s drop a couple bombs. president obama has ruled out troops on the ground but can there there be tev military strikes without putting some troops in to find out exactly where isis fighters are oping. i believe we ought to put
instructions, not step by step orders on carrying out a specific attack. you have a separate chain, to some extent, of experienced technical people and leader who is carry out attacks, make bombs and put the equipment together. reporter: monday officials met to talk about al qaeda. u.s. military and intel assets were redeployed around the world in light of the threat. special operations teams placed on high alert over seas. drone surveillance stepped up and analysts trying to pinpoint a target. we are going to keep evaluating information as it comes in. reporter: local teams closed roads and installed blast walls overseas. in a newly formed quick reaction of marines is now on stand by and can deploy within hours from