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Whitaker the civil war in syria was a powder keg when the russians intervened in september. They put up an airbase and started bombing targets there. Russian president Vladimir Putin said the air strikes were aimed at fighting islamic terrorism, but it quickly became apparent that the majority of the bombs were aimed not t isis, but at other syrian insurgent groups fighting the regime of russias ally, president bashar alassad. Whatever their motives, the russians have inserted themselves into the syrian conflict and any discussion of how it might end. A few months ago, 60 minutes reported from the american base in qatar, the command center for u. S. Operations in the middle east. We wanted to see the russian base, so we asked and they agreed. We set out on the road to syria, didnt expect. To get to the russian airbase in latakia, syria, you have to start here in moscow. You dont just show up at the gates of the airbase. You have to be invited by the Russian Ministry of defense, then taken on a Russian Military transport on a circuitous five hour flight over territory friendly to russia the caspian sea, iran, iraq, before finally landing in syria. It was almost midnight when our plane took off from a russian airbase outside moscow. As we started to take pictures out the window, we were told nyet no something we heard often during the next three days. No, no, no. Whitaker this was the first face we saw after landing. Thats syrian president bashar alassad. This once was a syrian airport. Since the summer, the russians 4,000 personnel, paved roads, rolled in truckloads of equipment and munitions, erecting a bit of russia in the heart of assadcontrolled syria. This is mostly friendly territory, at least 20 miles from the closest frontlines, but the russians arent taking any chances. Helicopter gun ships constantly patrolled the perimeter. They took us out along newly extended runways to watch a steady series of planes taking off. The roar was deafening. The russians invited about a dozen news organizations on this tour of the latakia airbase. They especially wanted us to take note of their newest fighterbomber, the su34. Our russian guide in syria, Major General igor konashenkov, is chief spokesman for the over the previous 24 hours, he said, 320 insurgents and 34 Armored Vehicles were destroyed. Independent monitoring groups told us some of the planes we saw taking off did bomb isis targets, but most bombed more immediate threats to the assad regime, groups like the u. S. Backed free syrian army, and al nusrah, the syrian arm of al qaeda. General konashenkov wouldnt tell us how many planes are flying missions, but American Military sources say the russians have 36 fighter planes and 17 helicopters. The Russian Military says they have flown more than 5,000 sorties, mostly from here, since president putin ordered the Bombing Campaign in september. What is the primary goal of russia in this intervention . Vladimir komoyedov translated the main task is to restore statehood in this whitaker admiral Vladimir Komoyedov is the chairman of the russian parliaments defense committee. He was involved in the planning of the syrian mission. The United States is focused primarily on defeating isis. And russia seems to have other priorities supporting the assad regime and helping the assad regime fight its enemies, and that seems to take priority over fighting isis. Komoyedov if you cut off the head, you get chaos. Theres chaos in libya, chaos essentially in iraq. Half the country is under isil. And the head was chopped off there, you see. So, if you want to so stubbornly remove the leaders of syria, its an enormous mistake. Whitaker im just wondering if you believe that assad has a komoyedov the problem is that he has lost some of his authority. The people themselves must figure out, in elections, whom to follow and how to build their lives, which have been essentially ruined in syria. Whitaker ruined, in large part, by president assads own military. We got the sense admiral komoyedov is not crazy about the syrian president , who has dropped bombs on his own people. The admiral used a derogatory term to describe assad, then asked that we not repeat it on tv. Komoyedov we know why the opposition was formed. It was formed due to the mistakes of the president of syria himself. Whitaker when they launched this mission back in september, the russians said it would be temporary. After months of almost daily bombing, isis and the other insurgent groups fighting the assad regime have barely been budged from the territory they hold. And russia has added more planes and expanded to other bases here in syria. Temporary anymore. Did russia overestimate the power of the syrian army . Komoyedov but we have been fulfilling our obligations to syria, and we will go on fulfilling them. President assad shouldnt rest on his laurels. He needs to work on his army and raise its morale, and if necessary, lead the army himself. He needs to unite his forces, which are scattered like fingers. They must be clenched into a fist. If you cant beat them, at least you can give them a black eye. Whitaker it was the russians who got a black eye when one of their war planes was shot down and a pilot killed by the Turkish Air Force in late november. That incident may have been why we were taken to tartus, two hours south of latakia. This is the russian navys only foothold in the mediterranean. Holding onto this base seems to putin maintained, and now is escalating, his support for bashar alassad. This day, our destination was the moscow, a guided missile cruiser that lay a mile offshore. They brought us aboard and did everything short of firing off one of its missiles to demonstrate russias naval might. The moscow is normally the flagship of the black sea fleet. It now has a new mission. When i see all of this, i. I just wonder, who are you fighting . Isis doesnt have any capability like this. General konashenkov told us the ships main mission is not to fight terrorists. After turkey shot down the russian fighter, the moscow was reassigned to provide anti aircraft defense. That a russian guided missile cruiser is providing air defense against turkey, a u. S. Ally, in against isis and islamic terrorism is a sign just how complicated this temporary mission has become. Maria lipman russia has to be reckoned with, which has been putins goal all along throughout the 15 years of his leadership. Whitaker maria lipman is a political analyst in moscow, one of the few independent voices willing to publicly criticize president putin. Lipman seeing russia waging this stateoftheart military operation in a very important region made the russians feel proud. This began with the annexation of crimea, when russia reinstated historical justice, the way it was seen in russia. Whitaker so this is primarily not about syria, but about russias place in the world . Lipman of course, it is also about syria. War. I think the primary goal was russias stature in the world. Whitaker we wanted to know what they thought of russias war here in latakia, a coastal province, home to about two million people. This is assad territory. The shops looked full and life seemed normal as we rode through town. We werent allowed off the bus for security reasons, our russian minders said. Instead, they took us to a refugee camp at the citys sports complex. While hundreds of thousands of syrians have fled to europe from the bombs and brutality of president assad and his opponents, the russians wanted the safety of the syrian government. These are about 5,000 of the millions of refugees from this civil war. Amid the tents, we found this shes been here three years after fleeing aleppo with her daughter and grandchildren. What was happening in aleppo that made you come here to this camp . They destroyed our homes, she told us. She said her son was killed. You lost everything . She told us she didnt know who was responsible for the barrel bomb dropped from a plane that destroyed her house. But barrel bombs are a signature weapon of the assad regime. Do you hope to go home again . God willing, she said. She told us she felt safe here in the governmentrun camp, and she was grateful to the russians for helping out. For those on the receiving end of the russian bombs, its a different story. The russians have presented this war through a series of videos of precision strikes with intelligence from satellites and yet as we were shown the planes being heavily armed for their missions, we saw many of what are known as dumb bombs being loaded unguided weapons, which human Rights Groups say have led to more than 500 civilian deaths. Correct me if im wrong i have read that many of the targets hit by the russians have been selected by the syrians. Is that true . Komoyedov translated we use our data and syrian data. But i think theres a trick in your question that supposedly if were striking, were hitting the wrong target. Yes, there may be mistakes. But you have to know that such things happen. We know how many times the americans have missed, you know. War is not like going for a stroll somewhere in the park. War is death. Its weaponry, its fire. 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One of them, ray hinton, was on death row. He remembers, too vividly, the Alabama Electric chair and the scent that permeated the cell block when a man was met by 2,000 volts. Hinton waited his turn for april. Thats when ray hinton stepped out of the shadow of execution, taking the first steps that he chose for himself since 1985. What was that moment like . Ray hinton as though i was walking on clouds. I wanted to get away, in case they changed they mind, you know. Pelley you still didnt believe it. Hinton i was not going to allow myself to really believe that i was free until i was actually free. Pelley free to visit his mother, who went to her grave believing her son would be executed. The cemetery was hintons first destination. And he was startled by a world that had moved on without him. Hinton we headed toward the graveyard, and a voice come on and said, at twopointsomany miles, turn right. Who is that . And he said his gps tracker. I knew i didnt see no white lady get in that car. I wanted to know how did she get in that car and what is she doing in this car. Man, come on. Pelley any voice tended to be a surprise. On death row, hinton spent most of every day alone. After 30 years inside, mostly by yourself, did you worry about coming back out into the world . Hinton you get out and you just out. If you dont have a place to live or money or whatever, you ask yourself, what am i going to do . But my best friend stuck by me for 30 years. And he had already told me, whenever you get out, you come live with me and my wife. Pelley what did you have to learn after you got out . Hinton im still learning. Im still learning that i can im still learning that i dont have to get up at 3 00 in the morning and eat breakfast. Im still learning that life is not always what we think it is. Pelley ray hintons life was never what he thought it would be after 1985, when he was misidentified by a witness who picked him out of a mug shot book. His picture was in there after a theft conviction. When police found a gun in his mothers house, a lieutenant told him that hed been arrested in three shootings, including the murders of two restaurant managers. Hinton i said, you got the wrong guy. And he said, i dont care whether you did it or dont. He said, but you going to be convicted for it. And you know why . I said, no. He said, you got a white man. They going to say you shot him. Going to have a white d. A. We going to have a white judge. More than likely. And he said, all of that spell conviction, conviction, conviction. I said, well, does it matter that i didnt do it . He said, not to me. Pelley the lieutenant denied saying that. But hinton was convicted at age 30. He was 57 when the u. S. Supreme court ruled nine to zero that his defense had