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Department have tried to remain neutral on this issue but the president of the u.n., president trump seems to be taking credit for nations deciding to cut diplomatic ties with qatar. >> reporter: and this is sending mixed signals to a country like qatar that is a vital u.s. ally in this part of the world, hosting about 11,000 u.s. troops based just outside of doha. the u.s. central military central command, former headquarters also here in qatar. youre talking about isis, the fight against isis,...

Qatari officials say they will make the results of this investigation public once its concluded. >> so the pentagon and state department have tried to remain neutral on this issue but the president seems to be weighing in, especially on twitter. how has this muddied the waters here? >> reporter: well, youre looking at a very sensitive situation right now during this crisis. qatar, of course, a vital u.s. ally in this region especially when it comes to military cooperation. the united states has ...

We have like 11,000 troop there is just alone. i think it would behoove to calm this down. >> ive been to the air base and there are a lot of american military personnel . if the qatar government were to shut down that, relocating those troops would be a big problem for the u.s. military. >> the military could accommodate for that. we would find alternatives as we always do. thats what the military does best but it would be a blow and it would hurt. it is still a logistics hub. still a forward h...

Deal, mohammed. >> good morning, john, absolutely this is a big deal to u.s. interests in the region. the u.s. has a major military base in qatar, part of central command and home to 10,000 american troops. the troops are fighting in the mission against isis in neighboring iraq. its unclear if this move will affect the operations of the u.s. base there. now were talking about a dispute between key u.s. allies, oil prices went up already this morning, and look, some of those countries you mention...

And i saw this information of the united states attempting to establish a covert communications network so that u.s. intelligence couldnt find out about it, i would have to assume that someone within the white house works for the russians because there is no explaining that. the united states has open communications on syria with operation infinite resolve out of iraq and european command and central command. we can actually run right up to the russians and talk to them in northern syria. all of...

Bomber. we saw that in germany over the summer last year and very recently in september of 2016 with those devices left behind planted in chelsea, those very powerf fuful devices in new yor city. that was one individual as well in that case that managed to put together those devices. well have to see whether there was a network behind this. but cnn, we are reporting now there has been this statement put out by isis, by the isis central command over their official telegram channel asserting that ...

Discussion about the wisdom of using this weapon. i do think that probably would have happened. >> the commander of the u.s. commander in afghanistan would report to the central commander, the head of the u.s. military central command. the central commander would at least inform the chairman of the joint chiefs who would then inform the defense secretary, the national security adviser at the white house and the president of the united states. but that didnt necessarily happen this time. >> i thi...

Innocent lives being lost. >> this was a group of kurdish forces allied with us. the cord nainances were passed this is what happens when youre relying on local personnel to provide you targeting information. the best way to do this, of course, is to get american air controls and were starting to do that. thats what central command wants to do and push the advisers down to lower levels so they can prevent incidents just like this. this is -- it just goes badly and it really undermines the confid...

Local fighters two days ago on the ground in northern syria. we just received a statement. the incident occurred 30 miles west of raqqa where the u.s. military airlifted hundreds of local fighters last month along with some u.s. military advisors. central command says the coalition jet was given the wrong coordinates by their partner forces a mix of kurdish and arab fighters known as the syrian democratic forces. the u.s.-backed fighters in syria are supported by a u.s. marine corps artillery ba...

Try and convince the russians that they have to get rid of assad, which, basically, had been the policy of the obama administration and now were all waiting to see whats going to happen, if hes going to meet with putin in moscow. really significant today as all of this drift sets in about what u.s. policy actually is, you saw the defense chief, secretary of -- im sorry, secretary of defense jim maddis, the head of central command come out and define this strike, this whole policy in the most min...