we have met some of them in kirkuk. >> they once fought in iraq. years later they are back. but this time they are here on this our own. these men used to be in the u.s. military. a few months ago they came to the north of the country as volunteers. to help iraq's kurds fight the islamic state in iraq and the levant. and they brought their experience with them. >> so you can guarantee that this field is laden with ideas. they utilize ghosts a lot what we call ghosts. hidden snipers. they could be out here, in the trees, in the bushes. they could be crawling up to us right now. >> they are a small unit but the kurds here have welcomed any help they can get. that's what these formal soldiers say they want to do. >> i just thought it was the right thing to do. i saw a lot of atrocities happening villa the news, the beheadings the slave trade. i found a group that was helping to facilitate travel for westerners. that's the group that i used to get here. >> since they've arrived they have come face to face with their new enemy and have faced a deadly force. >> they have full of v

kirkuk is very important to the kurds, it often known by as the jerusalem of the curd -- kurds.ging by the fact that it was just a single strike it may will be an intelligence-lead operation, an opportunity to take out some members of isil but what we're hearing from isil themselves was this was civilians that died in this attack. there's a lot of tit-for-tat, a lot of claim and counterclaim going on. 70 people did die they were moved to a hospital up in mosul. >> imran thank you. >>> all forces fighting isil in iraq should fall under the command of the iraqi government. that's the view of the u.s. envoy to iraq. general john alan has been speaking here in doha. hashem ahelbarra reports. >> reporter: isil fighters capture a village on the outskirts of aleppo. they say they are determined to expand their territory in the northern part of syria. this isil video is said to show life in the city of palmyra. the group controls huge areas stretching from mosul to anbar in iraq and villages in aleppo in northern syria. the former u.s. general in charge of coordinating global efforts to

zeina khodr has spoken to some of them in southern kirkuk. >> reporter: they once fought in iraq. years later they are back. this time they are here on their own. these men used to be in the u.s. military. a few months ago they came to the north as volunteers, to help the iraq kurds fight the islamic state of iraq and levant, and brought their experience with them. >> so you can guarantee that this field is laden with i.e.d.s, they utilize ghosts a lot, what we call ghosts, hidden snipers, they could be out here, in the trees, in the bushes, or crawling up to us now. >> reporter: they are a small unit, but the kurds welcome any help they can get. that's what the former soldiers say they want to do. >> i just thought it was the right thing to do. i saw a lot of atrocities via the news, the slave trade. i found a group helping to facilitate the travel of westerners, called frame. it's disbanded now, but pretty much is a group i utilised to get here. >> reporter: since arriving they have come face to face with their new enemy and experienced what they described as a deadly force. >>

. >> the volunteers only operate in southern kirkuk.his sector is controlled by kurdistan, one of the two kurdish parties in northern iraq. the american volunteers are not welcomed on front lines. this does not concern these men. they say it has nothing to do with politics or money. they say it is not an on. they say it is a duty. now they say this is a danger to the world not just iraq. the u.s. has been bombing isil from the skies. it has ruled out deploying combat forces. the americans on the ground do not represent their government, but they say their presence is a message that troops are needed if this war is to be won. al jazeera southern kirkuk. >> it's been five months since guantanamo bay detain detainees have been moved from cube. there are still 116 people being held. in egypt, 23 men have been jailed for 14 years over the killing of four shiite muslims. they include a cleric when they stormed a house. they had been angered by a shia religious ceremony in mainly sunni egypt. they were ause cued accused of setting fire to a ho

. >> the bases would be tikrit and mosul and kirkuk. let's get the latest from ian lee. ian, what exactly does the strategy entail? what is a lily pad base? >> reporter: what these are are areas of operation and security in the conflict zones. what they are going to be doing is training sunni tribal fighters and iraqi security forces on security and shooting and how to move on the battle field, especially urban environments. that is important when they try to retake ramadi and fallujah. other key things they will work on as well is command and control and resupplying and low logistics logistics. these were key in the fall of ramadi. u.s. troops will not go to the frontlines and fighting. they will not call in the air strikes. they hope that these outposts are able to call in air strikes and help the iraqis call in air strikes quicker. >> ian lee covering what is going on. the u.s. plan of putting troops on the ground. >>> here in the u.s. the deal is the trade deal the president wants. president obama making last minute stop last night at the washington nationals ballpar

zeina khodr spoke to some in southern kirkuk. >> reporter: they once fought in iraq. years later they are back. this time they are here on their own. these men used to be in the u.s. military. a few months ago they came to the north as volunteers, to help the iraq kurds fight the islamic state of iraq and levant, and brought their experience with them. >> so you can guarantee that this field is laden with i.e.d.s, they utilize ghosts a lot, what we call ghosts, hidden snipers, they could be out here, in the trees, in the bushes, or crawling up to us now. >> reporter: they are a small unit, but the kurds welcome any help they can get. that's what the former soldiers say they want to do. >> i just thought it was the right thing to do. i saw a lot of the atrocities happening via the news, the slave trade. the beheadings. i found a group helping to facilitate the travel of westerners, called frame. it's disbanded now, but pretty much is a group i utilised to get here. >> reporter: since arriving the volunteers have come face to face with their new enemy and experienced wh

they have used the area to mount attacks on the nearby city of kirkuk which is controlled by the kurdisheshmerga. the town itself has seen a number of strikes take place, but we don't know whether this was a coalition or iraqi air force strike. but there were two tankers within the warehouse. isil moved the bodies up to a local hospital and that's where hospital sources and military sources confirmed the number of the dead. now there is some discrepancy between what isil are saying and what the iraqi military are saying. isil claimed a lot of people that died were civilians, we can't confirm that and of course the iraqi military sources are telling us that this was an isil position a command and control center that they were using. but once again, what we really don't know is whether this was an intelligence-lead attack or whether it was part of a concerted effort to try to retake the town. judging by the fact that it was an isolated an isolated attack it is likely this would have been an intelligence-lead attack. but isil say this wasn't one of their command and control centers and civi

. >> the volunteers only operate in southern kirkuk. the american volunteers are not welcomed on other front lines. the iraqi government doesn't want foreign boots on the ground. this does not concern these men. they say their decision to come here has nothing to do with politics or money. for these volunteers this is not a job. they say it is a duty. they believe the islamic state in iraq and the levant is a danger to the world not just to iraq. the u.s. has been momming isil from the skies. they have been ruling out combat forces to feed the group. they say their presence is needed if this war is to be won. >> they say they won't allow national secrets to fall into foreign hands through nuclear expectations. rouhani has called on the west to stick to the terms for the agreement. >> the other side will stick to what they've agreed upon, but if there is more bargaining, bargaining there could be more delay. >> many families are telling al jazeera they still don't know what has happened to their loved ones. and we meet a man who was the

zein ha hodr met some of them in kirkuk. >> reporter: they once fought in iraq.ears later, they are back. but this time they are here on their own. these men used to be in the u.s. military. a few months ago, they came to the north of the country as volunteers to help iraq's kurds fight the islamic state of iraq in the levant. >> they utilize ghosts what we call ghosts, hidden snippers. they could be in the trees, in the bushes. they could be crawling up to us right now. >> reporter: they are a small unit but the kurds have welcomed any help they can get. that is what these former soldiers says they want to do. >> i just thought it was the right thing to do. i saw a lot of the atrocities happening via the news, you know, beheadings and the slave trade. i found a group that was helping facilitate the travel of westerners called frame. it's disbanded now but it's pretty much the group i utilized to get here. >> reporter: since they have arrived >> these volunteers have come face to face with their new enemy and experienced what they describe as a deadly armed force

. >> a year before this district in kirkuk, many people were killed and arrested by the army like many predominantly sunni towns there were months of protests. accusing the government of neglect and pursuing a sectarian agenda. i.s.i.l. was able to exploit what many said were overwhelming demands. >> fought both the iraqi government and u.s. forces when they were in the country. for sometime the sahwa were able to secure sunni areas. these men are asking for arms to recapture their district but arms pay not be enough to secure peace. inability to bring the sunni community to its side. zeina khodr, al jazeera iraq. >>> mers virus, more than 2400 schools have closed because of the outbreak.so far nine people have died because of the virus across south korea. alice hunt joins us live from the philippines capital manila. allison hunter, we understand assessment teamworking in south korea, what have they found about the virus and why it's spreading so quickly? >> good morning. yes, we do have a team in south korea at the moment who have been invited to do a joint mission with the republic o

and says a similar lilypad in the corridor running from baghdad to tikrit, to kirkuk and mosul may make sense. the term lilypad refers to a launching or jumping off pad. there's no intention to sends helicopters or troops to the ground or putting u.s. spotters on the ground. a move that air power experts agree would increase the accuracy of air strikes in urban contact. dempsey said they were not there yet. the outgoing chief of staff of the army says putting u.s. troops back in the combat role is not the answer. >> i put 150,000 soldiers on the ground to defeat i.s.i.l., yes. >> if you put 150,000 on it, it would defeat i.s.i.s. >> yes. >> but then what. >> the pentagon says that while teh u.s. can quickly dispatch i.s.i.l., the underlying sectarian divisions remain, and the u.s. faces protagonists down the road. >>> the first american killed fighting i.s.i.l. has been returned to his family. hundreds turned out in a kurdish town in syria to pay respects to keith broomfield. the state department confirmed that keith broomfield was killed fighting along side kurdish forces this month >>

. >>> an air strike has killed at least 70 people in the kirkuk province.ear who carried out the attack. >>> in syria 20 people have reportedly been killed and several others injured in barrel bomb attacks. the bombings also destroyed many buildings. fierce shelling in the area added to the destruction in the town. >>> the refugee camp south of damascus has been hit by several barrel bombs. the camp has suffered frequent attacks by syrian government forces and isil fighters. >>> coalition air strikes have once again been targeting yemen's capitol. they are said to have targeted a military factory and troops loyal to the former president saleh. several northern neighborhoods in the city were reportedly attacked by houthi artillery. >>> rescuers in china are planning to cut into the hull of a capsizedship. only 14 people have been saved so far after the ship sank on monday. adrian brown sent us this report. >> reporter: on a day of fading hopes, the chinese government is throwing what it can at this rescue operation. more than 5,000 emergency workers have so

iraqi military planes hit four targets southwest of kirkuk province.y the planes attacked a crowded market where isil is believed to have a security compound. isil says many of the dead and wounded were women and children. >>> military sources in saudi arabia say two soldiers have been killed in a cross board air tack by houthi rebels. there have been reports of a number of clashes close to the border in the past 24 hours might fighting in the yemeni city of taiz has left two self spiters dead. seven fighters loyal to to excited president happened see have also been killed. >>> in chile student protesters hurled footballs at riot police as they called for educational reforms, police fired water cannon in a bid to disperse the crowd. copa america one of the biggest football tournaments kicks off in chile. >>> a judge in the u.s. state of ohio has ruled there is enough evidence to charge two police officers, one for murder over the killing of a 12-year-old african-american boy last year. pictures from a surveillance camera show at tamir rice being shot i

strikes on suspected isil positions iraqi military planes hit four targets in the district southwest of kirkukplanes attacked a crowded market where ice sill believed to have a security compound. isil says many of the dead and wounded are women and children. >>> military sources in saudi arabia say two soldier says have been killed in a cross-board air tack by shia houthi rebels in generally. it happened in the saudi city. there have been reports of a number of clashes crows to the border in the past 24 hours fighting in taiz has left 27 houthi fighters dead, seven fighters lawyer to the effect president hadi have also been killed. >>> the death toll from south korea's percent outbreak has respite tone 11. 126 people have been infected by middle east respiratory syndrome since the first case was diagnosed three weeks ago. thousands of schools have been closed and over 3600 people are in quarantine. the health ministry there says the number of potentially deadly case is his decreasing. >> translator: as the w.h.o. and the joint assessment team have recommended, since schools in other regions ar

that could include a corridor from baghdad to particular kilt to kirkuk over to mosul. the white house was cool to the idea of sending more troops and increasing bases without first seeing some success. >> there's no immediate claim to do this. what i will say though, is that if a kind of recommendation like this did come from the president's national security team and from his military advisors in particular, it would be a recommendation that is made it would be a recommendation that reflects that the on going training efforts have been useful. >> general dempsey opposes putting u.s. spotters on the ground a move some military analysts say would improve the accuracy of airstrikes in urban combat. >> isil's resilience in the face of this u.s. coalition won't come as much of a surprise to our next guest who spent 10 days embedded with isil fighters in mosul and raqqa. he's believed to be the first western reporter to live to tell their story. he joins us from munich this morning. thank you for being with us. it has been one year since isil took mosul as washington debate

. >> some of the proposed locations for the bases, lilly pad, baghdad, tikrit and kirkuk and mosul. the latest from cnn's ian lee. good morning, ian. >> reporter: good morning, john. these are going to be centers of security operations within the conflict zone close to the frontlines. not on the frontlines. what they will do is training sunni tribal fighters and iraqi security forces on communications how to shoot as well as moving on the battle field. that will be crucial when they take the densely populated areas and cities. how to fight in an urban environment. they are also going to be working on command and control and logistics and resupply. these last three were contributed to the fall of ramadi. iraqi fighters saying they did not have the ammunition to keep the fight going. it is also important to point out what u.s. forces won't be doing. they won't be on the frontline. they won't be calling in air strikes. it is likely they won't be leaving their bases, john. >> ian lee. it is interesting to see what the reaction is to the bases inside iraq. appreciate it. >>> a critical s

. >> reporter: this home in be kirkuk life under i.s.i.l. has left a deep psychological scar. >> translator: life was meaningless senseless because of them. all basic services stopped. we had no water. no electricity i.s.i.l. oppressed us, wouldn't let us even smile. they even stopped our transportation so we couldn't even visit our friends and family. >> reporter: but there's a twist to that story. i.s.i.l. is why they left, fear of government linked security forces is why they won't go back. >> translator: we wish we could go back to tikrit but there's nothing there. afraid of the security. no local government, doesn't exist at all. who will protect us? >> reporter: eight weeks ago shia militias captured the predominantly sunni city from i.s.i.l. since then, some were accused of reverchg attacks.in the aftermath, the prime minister ordered them to return to their barracks. even so many people from tikrit are afraid to go back. >> they have to go back to their home. ford in the previous period they say it's own just individual acts and that

this town is very important because it is closest to the main city of kirkuk where isil have been tryingke that town. in that town is controlled by the kurdish peshmerga. there have been air strikes on the town in the past three or four months. we don't know who took part in the air strikes, but we do know that this if it's again, seen to be an isil target that is confirmed, it will be a blow against isil who have been using this as not only a base to mount attacks, also as a communications base. >>> in syria 20 people are reported killed and several others injured in barrel bomb attacks by government forces outside of aleppo. the -- bombings destroyed several buildings. the refugee camp south of damascus has also been reported to have been hit. the camp is home to many syrian refugees. >>> jordan is hosting over 600,000 syrians who fled the war. the government built a massive refugee camp to accommodate over 100,000 people. but there are now a lot of empty cabins. >> reporter: this camp is an unhealthy environment for mohammed's two sick children. they have a rare genetic defect which d

and says a similar lily pad in the corridor running from baghdad to tikrit to kirkuk and moosual may make sense -- mosul may make sense. the term lily pad refers to a launching or jumping off pad. there's no intention to sends troops to the ground or putting u.s. spotters on the ground. a move that efforts agree would increase the accuracy of air strikes in urban contact. dempsey said they were not there yet. the outgoing chief of staff of the army says putting u.s. troops back this the combat role is not the answer. >> i put 150,000 soldiers on the ground to defeat i.s.i.l. yes. >> if you put 150,000 on it it would defeat i.s.i.s. >> yes. >> but then what. >> the u.s. can quickly dispatch i.s.i.l. the underlying sectarian divisions remain and the u.s. faces protagonists down the road. >> the general says think of the lilly pad as a launching group, where the troops can get fresh supplies and advance and brush up on training. more can be used to support them. the chairman said these are not game changes, it has to come from the government in iraq. >> the pentagon released details on

. >> reporter: this building in kirkuk is already home for hundreds of people who fled tikrit.hey came here to escape the fighting. life under isil has left a deep psychological scar. >> translator: life was meaningless, senseless, because of them all basic services stopped. we had no water, no electricity. isil oppressed us. wouldn't let us even smile. they even stopped our transportation so we couldn't visit our friends and family. >> reporter: but there's a twist. isil is why they left fear of government-linked security forces that now rule tikrit is why they now won't go back. >> translator: there's nothing there. we're so afraid of the security. there's no local government. who will protect us?. >> reporter: eight weeks ago they captured the predominantly sunni city. in the aftermath the prime minister ordered the militias to return to their barracks. even so many people from tikrit is still too afraid to go back. >> they have to go back to their home. for sure what happened in the previous period let's say, it's only -- just individual acts and that will not happen and ma

the nos likely additional location along the core dock from baghdad to tikrit to kirkuk over to mosultake back for isis. these so-call lily pads u.s. troops would provide iraqis key military skills like command and control, logistics, resupply the types of failures racki forces had during the fall of ramadi. >> the concept of a lily pad strikes me as a little iffy. is the facility potentially overunder? will equipment be confiscated? more meltdowns and debacles like in ra mandi a few weeks away? >> reporter: no one can say how many right now. some may be rerepositioned but a good deal may come from their bases here in the inns. >>> joining mess more to talk about it is adam kinsinger. >> i want to asking but something that general martin dempsey said about thinks lily pad sites. these are these additional bases that would be near the front lines. they're trying to support iraqi troops. you heard her say reply, command and control, logistics, but this is really out there how is this not potential troops on the ground? >> i think it's getting to the fine line. when all is said and done

isil have tried to push toward kirkuk but have been unsuccessful in trying to take that town. there is a fear because of what happened because of the level of the dead here in violence. >> reporting from new zealand playing host to some of the world's best up and coming football stars. it's a tournament that's been overshadowed by scandals within the organization that supposed to be running the game. >>. u.s. president barack obama signed into law new legislation that restricts the government's ability to collect the phone records of americans. earlier the senate passed the freedom act overhauling u.s. surveillance laws. we explain from washington d.c. >> what the usa free dam act does is restore the surveillance powers. no longer will the government be able to automatically record the date ling and time of every phone nobody of normal citizens making telephone calls. the private telephone companies will do, inc. the other change is that now the u.s. government will have to in order to access this information, which it wants to do automatically now needs to get a court order f

the most likely initial location, along the corridor that runs from baghdad to tikrit, into kirkuk, into baghdad and the areas they want to take back from isis. u.s. troops would provide iraqis key skills like command and control, logistics, resupply, types of failures iraqi forces had due oing the fall of ramadi. >> the concept of a lilly pad strikes me as a little iffy. is the facility potentially going to be overrun by isul when forces are absent. is the equipment going to be confiscated. will we have more melt downs like in ramadi a few weeks ago. >> barbara starr reporting there on thursday, the u.s. house of representatives rejected a measure that would force law makers to vote on the use of force against isis militants. >>> several american officials are telling cnn about a close call in the air involving a russian fighter jet. they say the jet came within 10 feet. that's about three meters after u.s. air force jet. the incident happened in international airspace over the black sea may 30th. that's the same day of this incident. it shows a russian aircraft passing right by a navy

three to four possible locations, including a base in between baghdad and the isis controlled city of kirkukuld be closer to combat and possibly in greater numbers. >> when you bring forces out, that far out in front, what you're doing is getting them as far out without actually stepping on the front line. it's a very risky strategy. >> reporter: the new plan is at its core a recognition of failure by the iraqi military. in battle after battle from ramadi to the fall of mosul one year ago today, iraqi forces were often overwhelmed, even as they greatly outnumbered isis fighters. >> going to start by. >> reporter: u.s. forces will give iraqi troops logistics and crucially, confidence. the administration acknowledged the danger to u.s. troops while drawing a distinction between these new deployments and a full scale occupation of iraq. >> there's a significant difference between 150,000 troops in a combat role and 3,500 u.s. troops not in a combat role. >> reporter: one motivation for this plan is to get u.s. forces closer to the battle without being forward deployed on the front lines. anothe

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last week they not only held their ground, but made some gains against isis in the kirkuk province. there are far too few positive news stories out of iraq recently but when there are some and it's often the kurds who are making that progress. isis is deadly and determined, and iraqi kurdish peshmerga forces in the fight against isis need u.s. weapons as quickly as possible. we simply cannot afford future delays at this critical moment in the battle, and i urge my colleagues to join us in supporting this much-needed bipartisan legislation to arm the iraqi kurds in the fight against isis. with that, mr. president i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: madam president what is our parliamentary procedure? the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. nelson: madam president i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: madam president i want