iraq. reporter: that s right on sunday there was a major attack in central baghdad on a base there. there were 12 iraqis killed, 36 wounded, and two u.s. service members had to actually come to the rescues of the iraqis. the iraqis shot dead four of the eye tackers. it s very clear u.s. troops are standing by at the ready with their weapons. the idea that all of the troops are home, a lot of the troops that we ve spoken to, in fact 50,000 are still left there. they are getting letters from home saying when are you coming home, and combat operation must be over but it s obviously still just as deadly for the 50,000 troops over there, jon. jon: nobody thinks u.s. troops if they are attacked will not be able to defend themselves. is this an exercise in semantics perhaps in time for midterm elections. reporter: it obviously is. they ve changed the names in only the way that the pentagon can do it from brigade combat teams to advise and assist
brigades. our baghdad correspondent was in the kurdish north just a few days ago and he talked to the members of the first of the 25th and they said they had been training all year as a combat bra grade. this rile is an exercise in semantics. there are still 50,000 troops over there as well as 5,000 special operations forces. and for them it is just as deadly in iraq as it was a few weeks ago before the president announced that combat operations were over. jon: thanks very much, jennifer griffin live for us at the pentagon. jennifer, thanks. jenna: we re going to stay down in d.c. now where we re awaiting the white house press secretary robert gibbs to give his daily briefing. we ll monitor the situation, bring you news as it happens. if you want to watch it in its entirety you can right to foxnews.com, we ll stream it live for you there, also bring you the up dates on happening now. it s going to be a busy week for the president as well.
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the threat the fire poses to the city of boulder also under consideration as well. joining us on the phone commander of the boulder county sheriff s office. what does it look like right now, sir? today we are just getting started with firefighting. we ve had some objectives set for us. our biggest objective is public safety and firefighting safety. we are implementing structure protections, trying to protect the structures within the perimeter area and contain the fire to the perimeter it is in right at this moment. jon: i know you ve been trying to protect the structures, you already lost dwight a quite a few. how many homes burned do you know. we don t have an exact number. we have a team going into the area to determine the cause of the fire and document what we ve lost. jon: is there a thinking this might be arson? i have not heard anything to indicate that, we still have to investigate and figure out how it did start. jon: what about boulder itself,
sweep in an area where the al-qaida affiliate has really established a presence in the remote mountains. in abyan. for context the dod has still not released an unclassified version of a report last fall. i was first to report that the number of detainees returning to the battle field is now greater than one in five, that s called the recidivism rate. i was told for some nationalities like the saudis, the number is higher, one in three or one in two, jon. jon: thank you. jenna: thanks to catherine for kicking off a brand-new hour of happening now now. i m jenna lee along with jon scott. another hot story we are watching as well, a florida s pastor s plan to burn the koran on september 11th is racing fear about the troops and around