The president approving food drops for thousands of christians being told to live, convert or die. Bill a late night last night. What is the thinking at the white house. Reporter the u. S. Launched airstrikes against artillery being used against Kurdish Forces. The president waited until after the military dropped food and water to the tens of thousands of refugees trapped on a mountaintop in Northern Iraq. He says they will protect the embassy. He says the isis fighters have been particularly bar barrous o the refugees. I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in iraq. Even as we support the iraqis as they take the fight to the terrorists, combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq glass you is no american solution to the handler crisis in iraq. The only lasting solution is reconciliation among iraqi communities and Stronger Security forces. Reporter iraq elected a sunni to parliament and that encouraged americans. Bill we know 200400 is the
Of an american journalist in two weeks. Americans are repulsed by their bar barrism. Well not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us. We will not forget our reach is long and justice will be served. The video appears to show the same man with a british accent who executed james foley. Were going to play a short portion of the video so you can hear the accent. The terrorist threatens to kill another hostage, a british journalist, if the u. S. Air strikes targets continue in iraq. Those air strike, in fact, are continuing with the u. S. Laun launching its 124th attack yesterday. The pentagon announced an additional 350 troops are being sent to iraq. These extra personnel that were going to be sending in shortly will be added securely assistance for the embassy complex and for around baghdad. There will be a security sort of defensive posture. Thats their job. Obviously wont be going into any combat. Lets bring in documentary film maker, a friend of Steven Sotloff and james fol
Hit isis targets yesterday and again today both around kobani as well as inside iraq but still were cold that isis keeps advancing. Ben wedeman our Senior International correspondent is gathering the latest baghdad. Ben, what can you tell us . Reporter fresh isis recruits train to retrieve the wounded from the battlefield. In a newly released propaganda video from the group entitled blood of jihad, its clear that isis doesnt lack for fresh recruits. The training includes religious instruction, mostly about the importance of fighting, killing and martyrdom. Men like these could soon be part of the ongoing effort by isis to take all of iraqs vast Anbar Province which extends to the outskirts of baghdad. Officials in anbar tell cnn they believe as many as 10,000 isis fighters have been sent from syria and Northern Iraq to anbar to join the offensive. Two months of Coalition Air strikes in anbar have targeted isis but havent halted its advances. Another video released by isis purports to s
Reporter they have managed to connect between these three girls, wolf and another young girl who was almost apprehended back in december. She and a fend the plane they were on was stopped. It was taxiing on the runway. It was headed to istanbul. A girl returned to the family. The second disappeared and believed so have reached syria. She is friends with these three girls now being sought. The m. O. Now is very easy to recognize authorities tell us. Young girls were of a british muslim background. They get the flights to istanbul and from there the smuggling gangs that take them over the border are waiting. Scotland yard tell us they have been talking a lot in the past of young men heading over into syria but the growing trend, wolf the sheer numbers of women and girls heading into syria, thats the new big concern. So if they get to istanbul say they fly to istanbul and then theyre out there, can they be stopped really effectively . That border of turkey and syria is pretty porous right