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Identified people who could carry out these lone wolf attacks. is the fbi also monitoring these people? >> i wouldn't speak for the fbi here at the pentagon, i certainly wouldn't get into law enforcement issues here. without going into details and specifics, the foreign fighter threat is something that we've been focused on for a long time and will remain focused on. >> can you give us a status report on what's happening in mosul today. >> mosul remains a contested environment, as you know. all of iraqors there's a wide swath of territory in western iraq where isle holds sway. iraq security fo...

Iraqi troops on the front lines. just don't call them combat troops. >> these would be troops serving on the ground. these will be troops wearing boots, i assume. they'd be combat ready and in the line of fire. how your not considering these troops that are combat troops? >> they are not in a combat role. they are in an advise and assist role that yes, it does carry with it some risk. but it is different than the combat role that american troops were engaged in for such a long time in iraq. >> reporter: congress approved the president's plan to train rebels to fight isis on the ground in syria...

Troops to iraq to help protect embassy personnel in baghdad. and that brings the number to more than 800 troops helping with diplomatic security in iraq. the white house says they will not serve in a combat role. president obama will be consulting with nato allies on the situations in iraq and syria. in kansas city an intense manhunt is under way after a deadly shooting rampage. three people were shot and killed and two others critically injured. the shootings took place at several homes in the same cul-de-sac of a middle-class neighborhood. police cordoned off the area and went door to door...

It's disgusting. we are seeing these other religious and ethnic minorities be persecuted because of their identities. >> reporter: we've ridden along, seeing air support up close. but dropping food, water and medicine into this hostile environment is a complicated and dangerous mission. isis fighters now have surface-to-air missiles and a slew of other firepower. the u.s. military is watching this all extremely closely and have all the necessary warplanes in place, if needed, which could put the u.s. right back in a combat role in a war the president thought had ended. martha raddatz, abc news...

Something the president has said to this point -- u.s. troops would not be doing in iraq and that's something of a combat role as f as general certain zi says interests were threatened. do you they's significant? >> i do. i think that general dempsey as the chairman made sure in this press conference with defense secretary chuck hagel that he did not get boxed in in any way. he absolutely left every military option open. he says "we're not there yet." he says this is not the war we had fought back in 2003 all the way to 2011. right now it's just military advisors. but he leaves the door open i...