Page 146 - Chaplain News Today

Iraqs second biggest city, captured by the islamic militants in june. "isis doesnt frighten us," said edo hassan edo, a police sergeant from a village outside mosul. "our homes are gone and our holy sites are destroyed. we have nothing left to lose." theyre determined, but most have no experience fighting a war. in contrast, the isis fighters they plan to take on are battle- hardened and fanatical. iraqs vice president, osama al- nujaifi, came to rally the troops. they received guns and training...

>> reporter: a mile away, we found more men signing up, most of them sunni muslims, which is crucial. mosul is a mainly sunni muslim city, and isis was welcomed by some locals who were angry with iraqs government, which is irminated by shiite muslims. pe vice president told us only a sunni-led fighting force can win hearts and minds in mosul. >> now, after isis destroyed our mosque and killed people, many people, majority of mosul people, against them now. >> reporter: the reason policemen are b...

Ten are women, some teenagers. "its not enough," the commander told us, "but theyre all i have." are your female soldiers. good soldiers? "theres no difference between the men and the women," he said. "some of the women are better fighters than i am." at just 19 years old, akina akin is already battle-hardened. isis has kidnapped women. we hear many reports of them raping women, of them forcing women to marry their commanders. are you frightened about what might happen if youre captured? "im not...

>> reporter: and republican duncan hunter: >> the last thing that we should do is arm islamic rebels to fight other islamic rebels. >> reporter: hunter is a former marine who served in iraq and afghanistan, and several other veterans in congress sided with him. but supporters of the plan argued it is the best of a bunch of bad options and that its certainly preferable, scott, to sending in u.s. ground forces. >> pelley: nancy, thanks. the president spoke about u.s. ground forces in a visit to so...

Their own country against these terrorists. >> reporter: confidence in the presidents leadership as commander in chief has never been lower. a new cbs news/"new york times" poll found 57% of the country believes mr. obama has not been tough enough in dealing with isis. when it comes to fighting terrorism overall, only 41% approve of the presidents performance. 50% disapprove, a steep decline ppom the 72% approval he had after the killing of osama bin laden in may 2011. in an interview with cbs n...

Evacuate the thousands of yazidi religious followers trapped on mount sinjar. he said isis hit them with everything they had. "assault rifles, mortars, incket-propelled grenades, armored vehicles with heavy machine guns," he said. "the artillery the american government gave the iraqi army is now in the hands of isis." kurdish fighters are using outdated equipment, some volunteers bringing their own weapons. this man says his ammunition wont last two hours. do you believe the peshmerga can beat i...

If i remember correctly the president, although they wouldnt go to the border he is not letting them in. what could be the reason? i understand they couldnt take in blankets of food and if someone is sick and they are catholics and they want to see a priest they are not allowed? >> i was a navy chaplain for years. we have service personnel and chap lns in hospitals and federal prisons and police department is chaplain, fire department is chaplain. why cant they tubing to peop--k to people when t...

Blessing because all we wanted at that point in time was to recover our loved ones bodies and take them home. you talk about blessings and gods intervention in helping you through tragedies like this, a friend of mine who was a chaplain with new york city police, he gave me this little cross that i have and soon after that, pam was recovered, and then katy was recovered and shannon was recovered. i gave this cross to another person who had not recovered and then right after that his person was r...

Horrible to say -- too good of a punishment for him. >> he was tried separately for kidnapping and murder of debra held nick. that jury returned the same verdict. ten years after his trial larry gene bell became the last man to die in south carolinas electric chair. >> without that letter and without the ability to bring up things on that page that you couldnt see with the naked eye, it would have been even longer before wed have gotten larry gene bell. >> bob smith remains a chaplain for the sh...

More incriminating evidence from the wooden walls of the coal storage room. >> we were able to see small pieces of bone and tissue. >> they compared those samples to the dna they obtained from darlenes tooth and hair brushes. that that day we were met by a couple of detectives and we were escorted upstairs, and when we opened the room -- when they introduce you to the chaplain and the chief of police and all the detectives are in the room and ask you to sit down, you know the news youre going to...