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It is similar to what the u.s. provided iraqi troops in assault on mosul. u.s. marines providing artillery. there are up to 4,000 isis fighters in raqqah. they had years to defend. build tunnels and booby traps and things of that nature. isis is expected to put up stiff resistance. this is critical. in the new deployment, it comes as additional 100 army rangers have gone to manbij in northern syria. that is turning into a complicated battle field. manbij was captured by america's local allies. you see turkish troops and kurdish forces. some groups don't get along well. the u.s. is putting troo...

Weeks. our reporter ryan browne joins us from washington. ryan, we were talking to ben wedeman an hour ago about the boots on the ground. tell us more about what the american role will be here. >> christine, good morning. as you said, an advisory role for u.s. troops in syria for some time now. advising america's local syrian and kurdish allies. this is a new contingent to provide artillery support. the local allies lack heavy weapons. they will give that support on the assault on raraqqah. isis has as many as 4,000 fighters still in raqqah and digging trenches and tunnels and booby trapping h...