But these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian pilot had to bail out over raqqa. He was captured by isis and burned alive. We are near iraq every day. Reporter but as Lieutenant Colonel mike jones told 60 minutes earl
The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagogo official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Theiei mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian raqqa. He was captured by isis and we are near iraq every day. Reporter but as Lieutenant Colonel mike jones told 60 minutes earlier this morning at the command center for the air campaign, a lot of time and fuel is wasted flying those stri
Pelley david martin at thehe pentagon. Thanks. Now, that is syria, but u. S. Special Operations Forces are already on the ground advising and assisting kurdish fighters in northern iraq, and that is where we find elizabeth h lmer tonight. Liz. Reporter scott, we know theyre here because we actually ran into a small group of them, quite by accident, in the headquarters of one of the kurdish commanders. They wouldnt say anything, but the kurds say theyre already an important part of the fight against isis up here. Some of them actually live and work with the kurdish fighters right on the front lines. Others help staff a joint command center here in the city of erbil. Theeission includes target spotting, helping to coordinate airstrikes, and also going on joint operations like the raid on the isis jail last week that killed Master Sergeant joshua wheeler. The kurds say theyre hoping for morereoint rates likik that and also further c operation. Pelley elizazeth palmer reporting for us toni
Diane catherine Hurricane Patricia is making landfall in mexico tonight. Near the resort area of manzanilla. Its being described as the strongest hurricane ever in the western hemisphere. Thousands of residents have fled their homes along the southwestern coastline. And tourists have been removed from Coastal Hotels and taken inland. Forecasters say the storms winds have eased only slightly and its expected to be extremely dangerous. The Pacific Coast is dotted with sleepy fishing villages and huge resorts. Many of them empty tonight. Planes are being diverted but one air force reserve member says her crew flew into the outer edges of the huge storm. Filling our rollercoaster. Constant dropping out of your stomach we left it intensifying each half to the ill last night they kept getting stronger and stronger. Catherine the view from outer space is feared. It went from a Tropical Storm to a huge hurricane in less than 24 hours. The potential to cause death and destruction has led to the
Syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian