Converts. Act of faith. Parents of 43 misterying mexican students dismantle their camp after a new screesive unit is to begin. Financial crisis, apuerto rico warns theres no money left for future loan payments. Good evening. This is Al Jazeera America. We begin in iraq where the special forces is based. The pentagon says the number of those forces is about to grow because it will deploy what it calls an attack to carry out strikes against iraq an syria. Another country, the German Cabinet proved a plan to provide support to the members of the u. S. Led coalition. That needs to be approved by law makeser. President obama is urging turkey and russia to redirect their energies towards i. S. I. L. He warned the kremlin against getting bogged down in civil war the way it did once in after afghanistan. Reporter the United States is intensifying the war in iraq and syria in the hope that it will eventually lead to talks of peace. Next, in full coordination with the government of iraq, were deploying a specialized Expeditionary Force to assist forces to put more pressure on i. S. I. L. These special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture i. S. I. L. Leaders. That creates a Virtuous Cycle of better intelligence which generates more targets, more raids, more momentum. Reporter the military says when they find an i. S. I. L. Leader, the teams will go into syria to get hem and then get out, adding more special forces will be sent into the region as they find local forces capable of fighting and more military arid wear is moving into the syrian conflict and they many come painted with many new flag. Germanys cabinet has agreed to send in reconnaissance planes and troops with a promise they wont be used for combat. A plan to send britains jechlt f jets for bombing mission. President obama said how he described it ending. It begins with all parties, including russia, agreeing on a list of fighters. The next step a cease fire between those groups and forces loyal to president bashar alassad. Its possible, given the existing accord that the parties have agreed to, we will start saying at least pockets of cease fires in and around syria. That may mean, then, that certain opposition groups no longer find themselves subject to either syrian or russian bombing. They are then in a conversation about politics. Reporter but theres a problem with that conversation. The u. S. Coalition says it has to end with assad out of power. Russia doesnt want that. President obama thinks that could change in the coming months and that can could be true if the balance of pour shifts on the ground in syria the iraqi army has sir rounded romadi which lies past here. The Government Troops have teamed up with several militias aimed at retaking the city. Lawfuls were dropped into the city warning civilians to leave. I. S. I. L. Fighters are preventing them to do so because they want to use them as human shields. Joining us for todays developments on capitol hill and in paris do you go olivenf. He watts director for iraq. Good evening. Evening lets start with these new increases in troops heading to the region. They will raise the total of u. S. Forces there above the 3500 or so the president has authorised. How much of a difference will this still fairly small increase make . Forces in there for some time now, but for whatever reason theyve not done very many things. They did the Road Accident raid in syria and huwega. We saw them if with the kurdish forces, that moved into sinjar. Thats all weve seen. Now theyre announceed and public and we will hear from them more and start getting into this cycle that the secretary talked about among the notable exchanges at the hearing, carter was twice asked if the u. S. Was winning the war against i. S. I. L. He dodged twice by saying the dodged saying the u. S. Will win. What do you read into that . Surrounded romadi. The iraqis are moving up towards mosul. We are seeing progress but we want to see it faster, and these deemployments and other developments can do president obama was contradicted in saying that i. S. I. L. Kass tactical but not strategically contained. Is there a disconnect between 1600 avenue and the pentagon . Territory. There is zero chance of i. S. I. L. Moving south and grabbing baghdad or going up to the north. Those are things we were worried about summer before last, in 2014. Thats into the the table any more. As theyve demonstrated, they have this network tlaugt the world that they can activate at various places or just energise these lone wavilys. Behr bsh wolfs the president demand that turkey close 60 miles of its border. We have known for a long time that was happening. The administrative strays also talked about going after the economic infrastructure of i. S. I. L. Only recently did it attack i. S. I. L. Oil trucks. Where has the administration been and why this didnt happen before . Turks alie, and for that matter we were bombing groups that are supported in alnusra and other extreme Islamist Groups supported by our gulf allies. There are huge disconnects in what all the major powers want to happen in syria to say its complicated is an understatement an junto statemented. Pleasure in syria the government and armed rebels have agreed to a cease fire in the city of homs. They will start withdrawing from the district next week. It is the last part of homs still under rebel control. After that humanitarian aid will be allowed in. The United Nations brokered the deal. Outside that cease fire zone Doctors Without Borders says one of the hospitals it supports has been targeted by Government Forces using barrel bombs. Four bombs were dropped on saturday killing 7 people and injurying 47 afters. After an initial blast three more followed that seemed to target the first responders. Across the border in lebanon a big prisoner swap a year in the making was completed today. It was the result a complex deal between syrian rebels, the Lebanese Army and i. S. I. L. Rob matheson reports, the family members says that the most important thing is their their loved ones are home reporter back in the arms of their familiess, 16 lebanese soldiers freed by alnusra front, the result of a delicate Prisoner Exchange which took a year to negotiate. Translation we thank all those who helped our release and we call on our government to take the same steps to negotiate the rest of our comrades. Reporter they have been released by the lebanese government. Its not only alnusra who had taken hostages. In all 30 personnel were captured in the summer of 2014. Four were executed, one died of injuries. Nine others remain in captivity. Theyre being held by i. S. I. L. , a group which is at war with alnusra. The lebanese government says its doing all it can to secure the release of the remaining hostages translation we have a tarring, a big forth that is a real challenge. I mean, the military personnel being captured by i. S. I. L. And we need to free them and liberate them for the sake of lebanon, for the sake of our nation. Reporter mondaying these released was the former wife of i. S. I. L. Leader. She insists, though, she had nothing did with him. Translation they said i am the wife of him. I have been divorced for seven years. He was not the leader at that time. I want to go to turkey and i will once i get my passport issued. I will be in beirut then i will go. Reporter meanwhile the families of those released, some of whom have been camped in centimetre beirut for months spoke to al jazeera about their release. Translation i cant withhold my happiness. What i have to say is thanks to god for their safe return. We hope we will see them soon. Translation their return was a dream for us and thank god it happened. We thanked everyone who worked to secure their release. Reporter tuesdays release will ease pressure on the lebanese government which has come under increased criticism since the soldiers and policemen were captured. It may also boost the standarding of alnusra front presenting them as a group that countries and governments could potentially strike deals with. Rob matheson in istanbul five people were injured in a pipe bomb blast. Turkey has been on high laurelled since more than 100 people were killed by two suicide bombs in october. It is not known who was responsible for todays blast. The u. S. Government is scaling back its embassy operation in mali Going Forward it will only provide emergency services. All nonessential personnel have been told they can leave the country. Officials will say they are worried groups of target u. S. Citizens. Americans were warned not to with be in public places. Still ahead on Al Jazeera America, americans recruited by i. S. I. L. What a new report reveals about the number of people trying to join the group abroad and who they are. Also Human Rights Watch calls for a criminal investigation of president George W Bush and some of the highest ranking members of his administration. For the c. I. A. s torture of people rounded up in the wake of the september 11 attacks. Four people have been arrested in the former soviet republic of georgia for being involved why i. S. I. L. Weapons were recovered as well as i. S. I. L. Flag, audio. Some 550 are said to be involved with i. S. I. L. For todays in context segment we look at a report by George Washington university on i. S. I. L. Recruitment in america. 250 have attempted to travel to join i. S. I. L. And 900 active investigations are ongoing against suspected i. S. I. L. Followers. The study finds 71 people have been arrested on charges relating to i. S. I. L. Since march 2014. 56 this year alone. Of those charged the average age is 26 and a vast majority 86 are male. Half of them attempted to travel or travelled overseas. About a quarter of them were involved in domestic plots here in the u. S. 55 were arrested thanks to informants and uncover agents. Did 55 . The author of the director of program on extremism at the center for cyber an Homeland Security is joining us from dc. Very good to have you with us. What was striking to me about your report is the diversity about the i. S. I. L. Supporters in the u. S. , not just registrationally and ethnically, but the son of a Boston Police officer, to a single mort, a 15yearold boy. That has to be a huge challenge for Homeland Security. Absolutely. The diversity from a socioeconomic point of view, to age, ethnicity, regional diversity. All those issues. Profiling is an absolutely pointless exercise here. What is the common trait here is that all of these individuals are active online, or the vast majority of them, and they try to develop some kind of link to i. S. I. S. Thats where most of the investigative actions do take place for Law Enforcement monitors in that space. We have a lot that are active in that theyre keyboard warriors many of the keyboard warriors are women. Yes. Only 14 of the people charged are women, but when we look at who is active on line, i would say around 30 are women. Necessity tend to be they tend to be the most prolific writers on line another challenge is the vast majority of the people youve looked at are homegrown threats. Yes, absolutely. The large volume or majority are individuals born and raised in the u. S. , 40 are converts to islam, again from a variety of backgrounds. White african american, latio, justish. Even though who jewish. You name it. People that born into the muslim faith, are second if not third americans raised here. Theres not one with a refugee background and most people are, in fact, american you found 40 of the i. S. I. L. Recruit are younger reason 21. I know you also found that many are motivated by the outside governments atrocities. How are they being recruited. Is it on line . In person recruitment as well. The question for us is what is the attraction in the end of i. S. I. L. . Why would a young woman or boy go and choose to leave the comforts of mainstream u. S. A and head to the streets of raqqa . It is a comebacks of all factors you have a series of suggestions also on comebacks of all factors we appreciate you zoning us tonight. Tomorrow joining us tonight. We will look at i. S. I. L. s role in modern day slavery. A report was issued on torture. The group want officials from the George W Bush administration held accountable. Reporter this is too serious a crime to ignore. Reporter laura pitter is the chief author of the Human Rights Watch report and it is clear where she substantives on the c. I. A. Untags techniques. That the Bush Administration sanctioned and put in place after the 911 attacks the state sanctioned Global Program whereby men were abducted from all over the world, put in secret detention and tortured reporter the practices detailed in a heavilied ted report released by the nature a year ago senate a year ago, exposure to extreme temperatures, isolation and others. Reporter the c. I. A. Program was far more brutal than people were led to believe. Reporter california senator fought to make the report public it shows that the c. I. A. s actions a decade ago are a stain on our value and on our history reporter Human Rights Watch says noone has been held accountable. It wants a criminal investigation into nearly two dozen former Bush Administration officials, including president bush, vice present cheyey, george ten entity, John Ashcroft and condalisa riot. April prosecutor has been looked in charges. It wants an apology to victims and offer compensation. In a statement the c. I. A. Told al jazeera it has acknowledged did the the program had shortcomings and the agency made mistakes. They also pointed out that the Justice Department previously investigate and decided not to initiate criminal charges. Reporter president obama as one of his first actions in office banned these interrogation techniques, but some of the 2016 g. O. P. Candidates have defended the practices and even embraced them. Would i approve water pouring . You bet your arse i would. In a heart beat reporter that concerns Human Rights Watch which says accountability is critical to send a message to other countries and future u. S. President s. Without clear signal that what happened was criminal, theres a danger in this could happen again police in kenya say a leading university should have gotten approval before conducting a security exercise that turned deadly. A staff member was killed and 20 others injured during the surprise drill. They heard the sound of loud bangs and saw people pretending to be attackers, many panicd. That caused a stampede. Kenya has experienced a wave of attacks since its troops joined the fight against the alshabab four years ago. Puerto rico makes a payment on its debt. Coming up why the territory is urging a plea for help. Also the battle against hiv. We will talk to one of the worlds top aids researcher about why he thinks today is the most hopeful worlds aids day yet. [ ] welcome back to Al Jazeera America im antonio mora. Coming up in this half hour of International News, the government promises that made the parents of 43 missing students break up a protest camp that was made last minute. First, the american mint. The mayor of chicago fired the Police Superintendent saying he lost the publics trust. Coming a week after dash cam video showed a white Police Officer fatally shooting a black teenager. Embattled volkswagen takes a hit in savings following the emissions cheating scandal. Down 25 . Volkswagen admitted the fittings from 11 million diesel cars were fitted with software that cheats emissions standards. Today is a giving day across the u. S. , and facebook founder and c. E. O. Zuckerberger gave bid, saying theyll donate 99 of facebook shareses to charity. They are worth 45 billion. The donations will be given over the course of their lifetime to commemorate the birth of their daughter. Puerto rico made a debt payment, 345 million. But default may be unavoidable according to the governor. Come january 1st. It must make a bigger payment. Nearly a billion. Robert ray joins us. Good to have you with ugs. Pinks governor testifies. What is the team prepared to do to make the payment in january. They are doing everything they can. They are negotiating with the bond elders. She is literally flying back to new york to erick portillo, back and forth puerto rico to work it out. The main action that they are calling for is for congress to give them a pathway to chapter nine bankruptcy. The puerto rico government. We heard the government say they have done everything they possibly can. Theres no more chances. A day of uncertainty for the leader. The governor told the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Hearing in washington that the cost of congressional action will be catastrophic for the u. S. Territory. A distress call from a 3. 5 million american citizens that have been lost at sea since 1996. Its your choice whether to answer. In this regard. This call from the people of puerto rico. Back in puerto rico, the beach is packed. Tourists roam the area, and government officials try to explain how bad the situation is. You authorized the transfer of money today so that this did not go into default. How much, and to whom . Around 354 million was transferred to the trustee with the Government Development bank. Reporter melba is the president of the puerto ricos Government Development bank. She has been a key player in the negotiations with creditors, holders and investors, but says Congress Must clear a path for restructuring and chapter nine. Realistically is anyone in congress li