and we showed the footage of the john eisel bombers. the book not gone but germs that image in which a gun and by that one. because . you look at it as if there was a whole there was a level. one on the ground i want to mina and the man i am. i know my mom my own name on one young man on the arm she think i may call to live all you look all over the long haul of a monologue. to funkytown army. one hundred thousand young men knowing most of them when they come on one of them on my own and then a month member of my i don't know how much. commander john dodds powerful local contacts have helped our team arrange access to an armed police unit fighting on the front line. out of again as they are rushing over there you know and. that's really i mean we're slowly get at interest pretty. afghan security forces like these are already stretched by a resurgent taliban who recently launched a major attack on the city of canoes but eisel are increasingly attacking government forces directly to. in september two thousand and fifteen three hundred fig

of long they want has already been very deep and people will not forget that in the fight against eisel iraq has been at the forefront in a bloody military campaign that started nearly twenty fourteen iraqi and kurdish forces supported by an international coalition force to root out eisel mosul was the first major city in iraq the armed group took control of but after two years twenty seventeen both the end of eisel in mosul and its surrounding villages and people began to return to their homes what is homecoming like when you find out that isis fighters lived in your house we met some returning iraqis take a look this is or should we say was the town of bar sheikha. saleman sad the arias e.-d. couple who fled their home with their children on mcconnell they had heard what i saw didn't were scores of people were killed and many women kidnapped raped and then slaved when the captain by. the hello i'm nina and has an now and kind of a high at how does it make you feel that these fighters were staying in your house if you saw it but. i was a. horrible. horrible. bednar but i got in a bit.

eisel claims responsibility for an attack on a military compound and kabul just days after a taliban suicide bombing the more than one hundred people. plus why fitness tracking map is causing security concerns for the u.s. military. when rights groups are warning or hunter refugees are being increasingly targeted by human traffickers of camps and bangladesh they say the problem has been made worse by the influx of refugees fleeing me and why our more than six hundred fifty thousand people have left sense a military crackdown began in. rakhine state and august bangladesh is hosting about a million refugees in its camps many of them and dire conditions u.n. warns that in the chaos trafficking is often overlooked because other urgent needs like food and shelter come first and the u.n. says refugees are often exploited and recruited with false offers of paid work from kind of a long refugee camp in southern bangladesh has this exclusive report. oh my darling daughter she cries. she asks me when we talk oh mother what shall i do now how can i come back to you how will you get me out of in

bomb exploded outside the same premises six people were reportedly killed dozens more were injured eisel claimed responsibility. said friends now a prison guards have been striking over conditions of the agreed with the justice minister's plan for improving security the demands made by prison staff have now been accepted such as housing fifteen hundred radicalised inmates in special units the nationwide two week strike began after an increase in violent attacks by inmates on staff. on the hot spots in the protest is the flurry jail near paris it's the largest in europe it holds almost four thousand people it's also used to monitor potential or suspected terrorists among men. who faces trial over the twenty fifteen paris terrorist attacks and the staff walked out in protest clashes erupted with police just outside the prison. we continue because today there is nothing the few things that have been announced by the chancery in the trade unions staff have rejected entirely with locking everything with blocking the prison flurried we will block all of france in terms of security we want conc

car bomb exploded outside the premises six people were reportedly killed dozens more were injured eisel claimed responsibility for the attack. said france now where prison guards who've been striking over conditions have agreed with the justice minister's plan for improving security in jails some of the demands made by prison staff have now been accepted such as housing fifteen hundred radicalised inmates in special units the nationwide two weeks strike began following an increase in violent attacks by inmates on staff on the hotspots in the protest is the very marrow jail near paris it's the largest in europe it holds almost four thousand people it's also used to monitor potential or suspected terrorists among them. the man who faces trial over the twenty fifteen paris terrorist attacks and his staff walked out in protest clashes erupted with police just outside the prison. if we continue because today there is nothing the few things that have been announced by the chancery in the trade unions staff have rejected entirely we're blocking everything with blocking the prison a flurry we w

with eisel defeated the caliphates gone it will draw down its support for the kurds yet now you have this announcement off a new security border force and you have the u.s. sectors that rex tillerson recently saying as early as this week saying that the american troops will remain in syria long after their fight against eisel seeming to imply that the u.s. is in no hurry to leave the country is that is that an accurate assessment. well we are witnessing now if you on the second part of the operation in syria the first one was the defeat of isis and this is almost done except for a few pockets and there were some kind of agreements between the different actors in the region. for school which was defeating isis now the second objectives are popping up and obviously here this is where you have problems because the u.s. has relied on surrogates. forces that have that are completely opposed to the objectives of or turkey turkish interests are to secure its southern border and to. avoid the kurds to establish a presence along the border but for the americans what is very important is that

the local mom says he fears for his life after speaking out against those who joined eisel we would do with these radical elements are always unpredictable these people prayed with me the aid at the same table as me and they want to shoot me this has been edited version of the report issued by the government raises a lot of questions over what exactly germany knows about islamic radicalization in the balkans and how bad the situation actually is as we see in the arts or to our parliamentarian question the german government gives the extra time it's expertize that it doesn't explicitly in the gate the possibility that single persons or groups who are belonging to the islamistic scene of bosnia or else the governor could be a threat to germany and europe but in the same time the government indicts to speak about it financial transactions that are provided for example by the group states or turkey to the bike and states as well as the sending of the mumps by the states and contrary to the german secret service. the german government tries to hide the fact of growing danger coming from isl

held regions right up to the iraqi border washington arms the kurds in the area to help them fight eisel whereas turkey which has been america's longstanding nato ally is now demanding the militia leave the region it seems both of washington's allies aren't as friendly as they have been in the past. but this you see that the u.s. doesn't support saffron with thing that's double standards america has no tools to present directly with demand of the us or fills its promises and protects liberated areas including afrin. the weapons have been provided to the white p.g. by the united states the americans haven't kept their promise since man big lately trump statement saying that they won't give any weapons to the white p.j. any more have created a crisis of trust. here for trying to take a look at how turkey and america have turned from friends to almost foes. unbelievable is this real a nato member telling daddy you know i mean for me to come in behave yourself oral point a gun and am i exaggerating a bit mr aired on didn't say that these exact words but turkey's got a prime minister who pret

later a car bomb exploded outside the premises six people were reportedly killed dozens more injured eisel claimed responsibility so. that to france now a prison guards have been striking over conditions have agreed with the justice minister plan for improving security in jails some of the demands made by prison staff have now been accepted such as housing fifteen hundred radicalised inmates in special units the nationwide two week strike began following an increase in violent attacks by inmates on staff on the hot spots in the protest this flurry mero jail near paris that the largest in europe it holds almost four thousand people it's also used to monitor the tension of suspected terrorists among them so large islam who faces trial over the twenty fifteen paris terrorist attacks and a staff walked out in protest clashes erupted with police outside the prison. we continue because today there is nothing the few things that have been announced by the chancery in the trade unions staff have rejected entirely we're blocking everything we're blocking the prison a flurry we will block all of fra

campaign against eisel that actually helped out. and wipe out i do believe what the us and their trump administration is actually showing that they have not moved away or shifted away from the obama's administration purpose and that is to actually maintain and preserve their presence in syria and also in iraq and installed up general to be liason point is it really crucial then for the u.s. to contra run from syrian territory or is it a cloak to conduct their operations what's your take on the. i do believe they and not going to come to a rainy and influence the so-called in the iranian influence which has been according to the rest of the world so powerful and so effective in tackling had gone i still and. which terrorists station so iran has been fighting as spot an integral part of an alliance with russia and the syrian army and the popular mobilization forces and effective campaign against isis i do believe that the us is cooperating with has played an instrumental role in funding and also exporting its hardline extremist. has b

each other in their foreign military operations british helicopters to help france's fight against eisel and al-qaeda in north africa french assistance in securing the e.u. use eastern borders with russia but the real focus of attention here is as much defense as it is diplomacy it is the u.k. government trying to forge a close future relationship with france inside the e.u. when britain is out. as bricks of negotiations enter their most difficult stage trade talks there may well be more of this sort of treatment of e.u. leaders britain trying to maintain influence while it still can and relevance when it's all over. al-jazeera at sandhurst. russian opposition leader has suffered a new setback as he tries to reverse a ban preventing him from running in this year's presidential election russia's constitutional court is refusing to review a complaint lodged by novelli who was barred from the race because of a fraud conviction he says the charges were politically motivated present that in a person is widely expected to win a fourth term in march. saturday will mark one year since donald tru

members and an afghan army soldier were killed in a suicide attack and siege which has been claimed by eisel jennifer glass has more . the attack began with a car bomb the floor of the state of the children office in jalalabad eastern afghanistan the gunman stormed the building for more than eight hours they battled afghan security forces while dozens of save the children staff were trapped inside the building was set on fire eventually afghan police and soldiers killed the attackers and rescued the staff afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for children to be born following decades of war insecurity and poverty for twelve years save the children has worked with afghan communities to help kids arrive but the attack on the agency's office in jalalabad suggest it's becoming increasingly difficult for staff to help afghans without becoming victims of the conflict themselves it's quite possible to save the children would leave afghanistan. the onus is on the afghan government to provide security for the latest a to six on aid worker security show that over the last fifteen years their

gene which has played a significant role in the battle against eisel the united states hears and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions and military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of syrian refugees and stabilizing areas of syria it has helped liberate we must have turkey close cooperation in achieving a new future for syria that ensure security for syria's neighbors syria's main kurdish party is urging the un to act quickly to protect the enclave of afrin after turkey's threat to attack. says one million people live in that area and killings the syrian why peachey kurdish fighters to turkey's outlawed p k k party which has fought for autonomy for decades decker joins us live from ankara and turkey near serious northwestern border so stephanie what more do we know about what is happening with the with these border the border force. well the border force and the issue of our free are two separate issues however they're both issues that are ongoing and crowd the border force the

sees the kurdish fighters as allies helping in its fight against eisel on wednesday trump warned turkey to curtail its military operation in northern syria or risk conflict with u.s. forces syrians who survived a deadly snowstorm along the country's mountainous border are calling on the lebanese government to open its doors to refugees last week seventeen people froze to death while illegally crossing into lebanon along a well known people smuggling route santa has more from the bekaa valley. but survived but she watched her father in law and sister in law freeze to death syrian refugees were caught in a fear snowstorm as people smugglers tracked them across mountains to reach seventy people died including children said they asked the smugglers for help but instead they abandoned. we asked the smuggler to help us go back he wanted money he kept threatening us with guns we had no choice but to comply my father in law was old and needed to go back and my children needed and i had to go back the smuggling route is an eight hour journey through difficult terrain and on that particular day w

each other in their foreign military operations british helicopters to help france's fight against eisel and al-qaeda in north africa french assistance in securing the e.u. use eastern borders with russia but the real focus of attention here is as much defense as it is diplomacy it is the u.k. government trying to forge a close future relationship with france inside the e.u. when britain is out. as bricks of negotiations enter their most difficult stage trade talks there may well be more of this sort of treatment of e.u. leaders britain trying to maintain influence while it still can and relevance when it's all over jonah hill al jazeera at sandhurst pope francis has arrived in peru in the midst of a domestic political crisis and the sexual abuse scandal involving the catholic church tens of thousands of his followers lined the streets of lima as he passed through the capital it's the second and final leg of his south american tour leader has appealed to the pontiff to help resolve a political crisis following the pardon giving to the former president alberto fujimori processors also exp

is urging turkey to stay focused on defeating eisel in syria and not get distracted by itself aeration against kurdish forces near its border turkey's president. has met military leaders at the operations command center near the border on thursday turkey launched the operation to clear the area of us back to kurdish fighters who sees as a threat to its security heidi jocasta is joining me live from washington now heidi this seems to be developing into a very awkward situation for the u.s. that's right and the pentagon again emphasize the u.s. concern here over turkey's military intense offensive into syria the pentagon saying today that there is a need to keep the peace in the region and warned against the risk of an open military conflict with u.s. troops in the region this is a point in the size by the director of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff particularly in the frame operations turkish operations and for in in all operations in a frame that have the effect of inducing friction into the equation of making it hard to focus on why we're in syria which is the defeat of isis in the afr

the syrian town that was recaptured from eisel in two thousand and sixteen by a kurdish led force also backed by the u.s. but opposed by turkey so if a decade has more from the turkey syria border. shortly before sunset on saturday turkey launched its air campaign on a free turkish officials had said all week that the operation was imminent. much of the president. spoke just a few hours before the jets to call them. go to go to we would wipe out this corridor or step by step starting from the west africa operation has defectors started in the field this will be followed but. since the promises made. and kept so far nobody can say anything when we do what is necessary. throughout the morning along turkey's western border with the turkish army had brought in bulldozers gravel and concrete blocks appearing to build up their defenses along the border with syria. tank shell specific locations on the mountain and hours later this mountain would be targeted by airstrikes the army made us move from this position a few hours before the campaign officially began and this is just one of the locat

the building were rescued a soldier and three staff members were killed several others were wounded eisel has claimed responsibility jennifer glass rippled from the capital kabul. the attack began with a car bomb at the door of the state of the children office in jalalabad eastern afghanistan the gunman stormed the building for more than eight hours they battled afghan security forces while dozens of save the children staff were trapped inside the building was set on fire eventually afghan police and soldiers killed the attackers and rescued the staff afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for children to be born following decades of war insecurity and poverty for twelve years save the children has worked with afghan communities to help kids arrive but the attack on the agency's office in jalalabad suggest it's becoming increasingly difficult for staff to help afghans without becoming victims of the conflict themselves it's quite possible to save the children would leave afghanistan and the onus is on the afghan government to provide security for the latest to to stick on aid wor

led efforts to combat eisel and syria. far in a hospital in south korea has killed at least thirty seven people including patients a nurse says in an intensive care unit firefighters in the southern city of marianne managed to rescue dozens of others trapped by the flames an investigation is now underway. you are officially up to date those are current headlines here and i'll just say right up next it's rewind pencils and bullets we'll see in just under half an hour's time. up to our up. i'm laura. there and back in two thousand. stories and find out how they moved to. two thousand and thirteen and afghanistan. traveled to the remote north of the country to see one of the most dramatic changes to take place in the previous decades under the taliban women had. an education but after two thousand and three. able to return to school after the taliban had been toppled by u.s. backed afghan forces today's rewind film focuses on. the minority tuchman. on the border with. her and noria a both keen to take advantage of the new fou

a course in iraq and sentence a foreign woman to death for joining eisel the german female of moroccan dissenters yet to be named she was captured in the twenty seven mostly fence event charged with taking part in attacks against iraqi military and security forces she's the first foreigner to be sentenced to death i've got officials say the civilian death toll in the carmel hotel attack is now at least eighteen with another twenty wounded the taliban have claimed responsibility gunman stormed the intercontinental hotel on saturday night leading to a siege that lasted more than sixteen hours at least five people have died and the government demonstrations organized by the catholic church in the democratic republic of congo around sixty nine people have been arrested the protesters say president joseph kabila is violating the constitution by staying in office beyond his term at least two people died during a similar protest in the capital on new year's eve. jordan's king abdullah has told the u.s. vice president that east jerusalem must be the capital of a future palestinian state the tw

each other in their foreign military operations british helicopters to help france's fight against eisel and al-qaeda in north africa french assistance in securing the e.u. use eastern borders with russia but the real focus of attention here is as much defense as it is diplomacy it is the u.k. government trying to forge a close future relationship with france inside the e.u. when britain is out. as bricks of negotiations enter their most difficult stage trade talks there may well be more of this sort of treatment of e.u. leaders britain trying to maintain influence while it still can and relevance when it's all over. al-jazeera at sandhurst. let's go to the united states now where stopgap legislation to keep the government operating beyond friday has managed to get through a procedural hurdle in the house of representatives the u.s. is lower house approved the rules for debating the bill that would fund the federal agencies through to the middle of next month that the measure still has to be approved by the house in the senate before it can be signed into law by president donald trump wh

as its backbone that's the group of course that fights eisel so turkey will tell you that they want to move they remove the entire kurdish controlled border that the y. p.g. holds which goes all the way to iraq i think that is a massive statement it has massive international implications because of course what you're seeing here is now having for example two nato members turkey targeting the y.p. ji which is the best ally that the us has in its fight against isis that's the complication that syria will give you and we heard the presidential spokesman earlier telling us here at al-jazeera that turkey is doing its utmost to avoid civilian casualties yes there is going to be a real concern about the humanitarian situation in the in and questions over where the civilians will actually go. absolutely turkey is stressing again and again that is no go it's doing everything to not target civilians the messages the reports that we've been getting out of africa in the last was just a couple of hours ago from the white b.g. still saying six civilians killed but also that airstrikes had affected c

announcing that nato led the afghan forces had carried out air and ground operations killing over sixty eisel terrorists he added that because the militants were hiding in local residents houses civilians were also hit with at least one killed and thirteen more wounded here's what civilians were told or here's what's in the news there rather told us about what happened. a woman was killed two men and two others were burned there all the victims are here in hospital some most of the legs i was also injured got shot. over eighteen people were wounded and others were killed see the child here in the bed he lost his legs his mother was also killed in the incident say that it was kind of cocked his and jets hit the p. . some of them last legs through people were killed in their car which was used by villages destroyed are these american forces always say we can target with precision every little thing on the ground what kind of technology is this they can't tell the difference between militants and civilians we don't trust their technology because they see we don't kill civilians but this it was c

a local a mom says he fears for his life after speaking out against those who joined eisel we do this in a parade with these radical elements are always unpredictable these people breed with me the aid at the same table as me and they want to shoot me this heavily edited version of the report issued by the government raises a lot of questions over what exactly germany knows about islamic radicalization in the balkans and how bad the situation actually is as we see in the arts or to our parliamentary in question the german government gives the extra tight expertize that it doesn't explicitly in the gate the possibility that single persons or groups work along to the islamistic scene or boston or else they go in there could be a threat to germany and europe but in the same time the government indicts to speak about it financial transactions that are provided for example by the govt states or turkey to the bike and states as well as the sending of the moms. in contrary to the german secret service. the german government tries to hide the fact of growing danger coming from them is that gr

a local a mom says he fears for his life after speaking out against those who joined eisel we do this in a parade of these radical elements are always unpredictable and these people prayed with me they ate at the same table as me and they want to shoot me this has been edited version of the report issued by the government raises a lot of questions over what exactly germany knows about islamic radicalization in the balkans and how bad the situation actually is as we see in the arts or to our parliamentarian question the german government gives the extra time it's expertize that it doesn't explicitly in the gate the possibility that single persons or groups be long to the islamistic scene of course or else the governor could be a threat to germany and europe but in the same time the government indicts to speak about it financial transactions that are provided for example by the govt states or turkey to the bucket states as well as the sending of the mobs by the states and contrary to the german secret service. the german government tries to hide the fact of growing danger coming from th

the booming stock market on the recent tax reform that he signed and the progress against eisel and he also invited everyone to bring their companies to america saying that the u.s. is open for business and that's something we really have heard throughout the week from european leaders as well specifically yesterday theresa may the u.k. prime minister talked about how there was no better time than now to bring businesses and technological advances to the u.k. than before and trump frankly says that that's the right opinion for any head of state that they should all see that their country comes first and their allies second he also went on to say that leaders should be cheerleaders for their own countries and that he's a cheerleader for the u.s. and that's easy for him because he loves the country so much now of course trumping charmed he didn't forget to mention the media during his time on the stage let's take a quick listen. as a businessman i was always treated really well by the press you know the numbers speak and things happen but i've really had a very good press and it was unti

its guns somebody tapered on couldn't care less why washington's been helping the kurds to destroy eisel for this man the kurdish militias are no better than terrorists that explains his latest messages to america to us is in the process of creating a terror army on our border what we have to do is nip this terror army in the bud america do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us or we will run out of patience does anyone from the us government have anything to say we urge turkey to exercise restraint and ensure that its military operations remain limited in scope and duration and scrupulous to avoid civilian casualties some very restrained council there to be restrained think about it mr aired on rants that america u.s. officials don't hit back turkey rolls up the tanks flies out the more play sends soldiers over the border washington basically keep stop after all this isn't about kim who's slightest squeak makes donald trump for one reward so perhaps the turks and the kurds have succeeded in one thing together were juicing america to baffled silence. thank you as a military opera

the tax reforms that he recently signed into law and commented on the progress of the fight against eisel and he also invited everyone to bring their companies to america saying that the u.s. is open for business and frankly that's a message that we've heard not only from trump but a number of european leaders as well yesterday when you may spoke to some a the u.k. prime minister she said similar things saying that there's no better time to open businesses in the u.k. there's no better time to work on digital technologies that it than before in the u.k. and frankly trump said that that is a sentiment that all leaders should have they should always think of having their country first but with ties to other he even went on to describe himself as a cheerleader for a mirror for america saying also that all leaders should be cheerleaders for their country and that is especially easy for him because he loves his country so much and of course being trump he didn't forget to mention the media he said that he's always had a fair amount of media coverage his whole life that he's not sure why that's

after a deadly attack on it's about office a soldier and three staff members were killed in the siege eisel has claimed responsibility for the attack the u.s. president says he's willing to be interviewed by investigators looking into alleged collusion between his presidential campaign and russia donald trump told reporters he was looking forward to speaking under oath to special counsel robert mueller who is leading the investigation. a former u.s. gymnastics doctor's been sentenced for sexually assaulting female athletes and patients for decades under the guise of medical treatment larry nasser pleaded guilty of to being accused by more than one hundred fifty women including several u.s. olympic gold medalists scientists in china of achieved a world first by cloning two monkeys and where a way were created using the same process used to clone dolly the sheep more than twenty years ago the technique brings the prospect of cloned human beings even closer those are the headlines risking it all is coming up next. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world.

backed kurdish led forces captured from eisel and twenty eight sixteen staff dekker has more now from the turkey syria border. turkey launched its air campaign shortly before sunset and this follows a week of increasingly strong political rhetoric coming from the president from the prime minister from the foreign minister from the minister of defense saying that ankara was going to lose its attack on our freedom that it had every right to do so to clear his border from what it calls terrorists where there's now been heavy bombardment from the sky there's also been the mobilization of thousands of members of the free syrian army this is the group that turkey supports in side syria and the attack certainly seems well underway the y.p. gee this is the group in control of our fleeing that sure he considers a terrorist organization says there has already been civilian casualties it is going to be an incredibly difficult situation for the civilians u.s. government has shut down after the senate refused to pass a funding bill thousands of government employees are now off the job although ess

has called on turkey to exercise restraint and focus on defeating eisel instead. will continue to all branch operation which is on its seventh day today until we reach all of our targets after this will cleanse man bids from the terrorists as it has been promised to us nobody should be bothered by this because the real owner of memories is not those terrorists but the arab brothers they're after this we'll continue our fight until no terrorist is left stephanie decker has more in our minds calling this from is as in syria just a friend you've been saying that he is going to bring is not going to be the beginning of this they're going to take this all the way to the border with iraq and that means the u.s. is going to it's very very complicated when it comes to the politics in a short time the president will deliver the keynote speech of the annual world economic forum in davos switzerland. expected to promote his america first agenda an administration official says he will also call for free but fair trade a fire at a hospital in south korea has killed at least th

against the kurds has now called on them to focus on the fight with eisele pretty much the same as saying it's every man for himself in this conflict turkey has also notified syria about the action which damascus is not happy about it or russia in its turn has been cautious and called for all parties to pull the punches the main reason behind the developing crisis in this part of syria is the provocative steps taken by the united states which were aimed at isolating areas with predominantly kurdish populations uncontrolled deliveries by the pentagon of more than weapons to pro-american formations in northern syria contributed to the rapid escalation of tension in the region and led to special operation by turkish troops loose lips sink ships they say well this time we're looking at a potential all out war he has done of r.t. . turkey is that military action against the kurds in syria triggered protests in europe people took to the streets in a number of capitals to denounce the shelling and demanded deescalation we discussed turkey's move and what provoked it with various analysts. previo

tapered on couldn't care less why washington's been helping the kurds to destroy eisel for this man the kurdish militias are no better than terrorists that explains his latest messages to america because the us is in the process of creating the terror army to what we have to do. in the america do not encroach on the borders do not provoke us and we will run out of patience does anyone from the us government have anything to say we urge turkey to exercise restraint in its military actions in rhetoric ensure that its operations are limited in scope and duration some very restrained counsel there to be restrained think about it mr aired on rants that america u.s. officials don't hit back turkey rolls up the tanks flies out the more play sends soldiers over the border washington basically keeps after all this isn't about him slightest squeak makes donald trump for one war so perhaps the turks and the kurds have succeeded in one thing together were juicing america to baffle. the silence. was shortly after u.s. military officials announced their intention of creating a thirty thousand strong