Gather intelligence, and capture isil leaders. But will it change the battlefield . Its not really different from what washington is already doing. Special ops were operating in iraq in october. Commandoes from the top secret delta force joined kurdish fighters to raid an isis prison and freed dozens of hostages. One american was killed. Whats new now is that the iraq government, which complained it wasnt informed, is supposedly onboard. Ash carter defense secretary the raids in iraq will be done at the invitation of the iraqi government. This force will also be in a position to conduct unilateral operations into syria. But only a tiny force will be carrying out those raids. Little change to a strategy critics say is too slow and ununrestimates the isis threat. Richard engel nbc news after down playing isis as a local group, us the group does have International Aspirations and is an international threat, yet there remains no coordinated strategy to fight isis. Richard engel, nbc news,