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off by three dozen air strikes conducted primarily by u.s. attack planes but also by american drones and a b-1 bomber. the u.s. also has special operations commandos on the ground on sinjar mountain, which overlooks the isil-held city below. u.s. and british troops are helping to direct the air attacks, which u.s. military sources claim killed more than 60 isil fighters in the opening hours of the kurdish-led ground offensive. the objectives? to free sinjar from more than a year of isil rule and block a key supply line, highway 47, that links mosul in iraq and raqqa in syria, isil s two biggest strongholds. the u.s. said pesh muir ga forces seized part of the road. the highway 47 over sinjar mountain and the ground by the pash merge ya. a force of 8,000 troops led by the kurds is going up against 400 and 600 dug in and determined isil fighters. the battle plan takes two to four days to retake the city and another week or so to clear bombs and booby trapped houses. u ....
the wod. i ve always said that we would do whatever was necessary, whwhatever it took too trackown emwazi. today i want to thank the united states. reporter: the world first came to joe jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared wearing a black mask holding a knife and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. his voice was disguised but he could not hide his british accent. you have plotted against us and gone far out of your way to find reasons to interfere in our affairs. reporter: one after another, he presided over the murders of foley, american steven sotloff and pet kassig, plus two britons and then two japanese hostages. earlier this year, his true identity was revealed to be mohamed emwazi, seen here wearing an american baseball cap, the son of kuwaiti parents who emigrated to the united kingdom. even as a schoolboy in london, emwazi was spotted by teachers as having a violent streak. one teacher td the bbc at age 11 he was put ....
36 american airstrikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highway that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq with more than a million residents. charlie d agata is with the kurdish peshmerga forces. reporter: the battle to reclaim sinjar began in the air. u.s. air strikes pounded suspected isis targets throughout the day. thick smoke hung over the city as isis fighters lit banks of tires to try to block the bombers visibility. dug in on the mountain side, kurdish peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u.s. advisers. this is one of the forward fighting position where s they re helping to pick targets for air strikes. soldiers here told us with aircraft overhead all the time, sometimes it s just five minutes from the moment they call it in to the time it s delivered. kurdish fighters are so close to isis militants, they can hear their conversa ....
headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning, the pentagon is trying to determine if a u.s. air strike killed the infamous executioner known as jihadi john. thursday s air strike was carried out bay drone that targeted a vehicle in the syrian city of raqqa, an islamic state stronghold. johnathan vigliotti is in london with the details on this this morning. reporter: jihadi john was the international symbol of the brutality that is isis. he first appeared on an islamic mask, dressed in black, and holding a large knife. he spoke with a british accent. before executing american journalist james foley. the beheading video provoked outrage. it was the first of several brutal executions. british citizen, mohammed emwazi, last february. a former hostage described him he was born in kuwait and moved to england as a boy and it s believed he left syria in 2013. emwazi is known to help in executions of these journalists and a number of ....
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