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Strike hospitals, mosques and schools. those are very restricted targets. what general campbell did offer, though, was a very additional piece of information. while u.s. forces were not taking fire at the time, that would have been a legitimate target to try to defend them, perhaps. there was a special operations team u.s. troops on the ground that were talking to the aircraft overhead. they tell the aircraft overhead, where the targets are, where the enemy fire may be coming from. they potentia...

Rusty bradley of the u.s. army special forces. thanks for being with us. thanks for your service. im going to start with you, amber. you have flown combat missions in iraq and afghanistan. is mistakenly bombing a doctors without boarders hospital in the combat zone of kunduz something that is predictable? how does this happen if >> well, look, when there are bullets flying to your left and right and you and your team are pinned down by enemy fire, you can bet that every single time those u.s. fo...

Special forces. thanks for being with us. thanks for your service. im going to start with you, amber. you have flown combat missions in iraq and afghanistan. is mistakenly bombing a doctors without boarders hospital in the combat zone of kunduz something that is predictable? how does this happen if >> well, look, when there are bullets flying to your left and right and you and your team are pinned down by enemy fire, you can bet that every single time those u.s. forces are going to call in every...

Rusty bradley of the u.s. army special forces. thanks for being with us. thanks for your service. im going to start with you, amber. you have flown combat missions in iraq and afghanistan. is mistakenly bombing a doctors without boarders hospital in the combat zone of kunduz something that is predictable? how does this happen if >> well, look, when there are bullets flying to your left and right and you and your team are pinned down by enemy fire, you can bet that every single time those u.s. fo...

Pentagon. >> and now to afghanistan where both the taliban and government forces are claiming control of the key northern city. afghan troops say they have retain kunduz, but the taliban denies that, saying the government has suffered heavy losses. the militarys biggest victory in 15 years. meanwhile, the u.s. military is investigating a plane crash at afghanistans jilalebad airfield that killed six service members and five afghan services. it does not appear that any enemy fire was involved. a ...

Americans have been killed today in addition to two afghans when a c-130 aircraft -- theres a model like the one that you see on the screen -- crashed this afternoon in afghanistan. so far, the cause of the crash is unknown. nbc news national security producer courtney kube, is with me now live from the pentagon. courtney, what can you tell us? do you know if it was shot down? >> so far, there are no reports of any enemy action in the area at the time. that doesnt look like thats the cause of th...

But rather the united states is doing what, ultimately, best for the iraqi people. and we join in fighting a common enemy. >> meantime, paramilitary officials say hon drepdz undred reinforcements are heading to the refinery to defend it. >> one way washington is supporting iraq is training security forces. >> a familiar mission, as our arwa damon found out there are key differences this time around. >> remember when you get up and leach this position you need to spread out. >> reporter: the majo...

>> reporter: the sands are sacred by sacrifice. >> when we first landed within the first hour it wasnt too bad. then the bottom fell out and it got worse and we lost 2,000 men the first day. >> reporter: those who survived saw comrades fall in a reign of enemy fire. the man who would become lieutenant general snowden held a marine he knew was dying. >> got kind of emotional about that as i held this young man and my prayer then was to god, take this man home stop all of the suffering, take him a...

Computers and as a result an absence of accountability. they are not sure what to tell us they have because they are not sure what they have yet. >> the testimony brings the number of crashed hard drives at the irs to about 20. >> he held the line under enemy fire. the president honoring an american hero. president obama presenting retired army staff sergeant with a medal of honor yesterday. he held off a wave of taliban fighters in afghanistan who protected his out post returning fire with gren...

Area, if that is true, that is how they usually operate. in groups of threes. that is an air defense battery. it is associated with an radar system. each one of the guns have a radar on them. they like to operate in groups of three because they give each other cover. >> colonel hampton, you were part of the elite wild weasels. your planes were the first sent to enemy territory. your mission was to draw enemy fire from this type of a weapons systems. what are the perfect person for me to ask, wha...