The department of correctional services is expected to crack the whip on the management of Qalakabusha Correctional Centre in northern KwaZulu-Natal after dozens of cellphones, weapons and drugs were discovered during an unannounced raid on Tuesday.
[inaudible] motivation for the ambush remains a mystery. police have no suspect but believes cartel members miss took the suvs for another cartel. others think it was intentional. right now i have a very angry heart as we re coming out of this with much rage because i m mexican. i m not going to leave my land just because they said they are going to come and kill me. let them come. the ambush comes as mexico becomes more unstable. 10 bodies discovered this weekend south of tucson in the resort city of rocky point. in chihuahua the city, 38 homicides in 30 hours. in juarez south of el paso 16 vehicles and buses set on fire to stop a prison raid. mexico says it will allow the f.b.i. to assist in the investigation in the attack on
best. jim miklaszewski is nbc news chief pentagon correspondent. let s talk about this. and also reflexively, after the nbc exclusive over the weekend of the video from that body camera of the isis prison raid, was this shift expected or unexpected? how major of a policy shift is it? reporter: well, for some time, u.s. military and defense officials have been saying that the war against isis in iraq and syria has been somewhat at a stalemate. it appears to be inevitable but this is the first time anybody in the obama administration, much less secretary of defense, declared that yes, u.s. military ground forces could be ordered into combat situations on the ground there in iraq and syria. now, after that operation over a week ago in northern iraq, in which the delta force commandoes accompanied the kurdish fighters in that raid that freed some 70 hostages from isis captors there