collected as they continue their march towards baghdad. they re vowing to use it against anyone who stands in their way. but who, who is paying for this, who is funding this group? where are they getting the big money that would like to launch these types of attacks in iraq and syria? what if i told you it was coming from a major u.s. ally but the government is absolutely powerless to stop it? here s cnn s erin burnett. reporter: the richest country on earth sitting on the third largest reserves of natural gas, there are only 250,000 citizens of qatar making it home to the world s largest concentration of millionaires. general jim jones is a former national u.s. security adviser. qatar has ererge merged from a relatively obscure minor
american forces will not be returning to combat in iraq. but we will help iraqis as they take the fight to terrorists who threaten the iraqi people, the region, and american interests, as well. even though these special forces are labeled advisors instead of combat troops, one cnn military analyst says this it is boots on the ground. that the parsing and loopholes all go away when someone is shooting at you. cnn s barbara starr is standing by with the latest live from the pentagon. jake, the question of course, is what exactly will these troops be doing and how will they be kept safe? iraqi forces clashing with isis fighters in the northern city of kirkuk as the militants continue to make their march towards baghdad. president obama finally weighing in. we re prepared to send a small number of additional
in iraq. i m told by a senior administration official that those military advisors being deployed as of today by the president will have legal protection, will have immunity as one official put it to me, they re going in at the request of the iraqi government. they ll have that immunity. thank you. let s get details on the military moves from cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. you know, brianna, troops like to say it s combat if somebody is shooting at you even if you don t think you re in combat. still a lot of questions what the u.s. troops will be doing and how they will be kept safe. iraqi forces clashing with isis fighters in the northern city of kirkuk as the militants continue to make their march towards baghdad. president obama finally weighing in. we re prepared to send a small number of additional american military advisors up to 300 top assess how we can best train, advise and support iraqi
isis militants, a charge saudi arabia vehemently denied this as those militants continued their march towards baghdad. for isis militants more celebration. this time, parading through the streets of beiji after attacking a crucial oil refinery there. by nightfall, both militants and the iraqi government were claiming control. isis fighters are now within 37 miles of the capital baghdad. multiple officials tell cnn that the pentagon has prepared a draft list of possible targets as well as other options including deploying more u.s. military advisers. but the president who met with congressional leaders today at the white house, has got decide a plan of action. options like air strikes as the president said is not ruled in or out, but there has to be a reason for those. there has to be an objective, where do you go with those and
taken by surprise. some of these images are extremably brutal. reporter: a chilling sights, cheering on the takeover of their city by the islamic state in iraq and syria. so brutal that even al qaeda has disowned them. far more worrying, they now control an arsenal of weapons left behind when iraq s army fled the scene. here you see a terrifying display, i.s.i.s. proudly showing off missiles they promise to use on their march towards baghdad. scary scenes like this are nothing new when it comes to i.s.i.s. the group that is perfected propaganda techniques, like this recent video, over an hour lounge, highlighting horrific killing scenes in iraq, deliberately videoed. bombings, executions, kidnappings, and worse. this production displayed glossy