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ANKARA, Turkey-- Turkish officials said Thursday that U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has written to his Turkish counterpart, reassuring him that arms provided to Syrian Kurdish fighters would be taken back once ISIS militants are ousted from their main stronghold in Syria, the city of Raqqa.Officials said in a statement that Mattis also reassured Defense Minister Fikri Isik that the United States would regularly provide Turkey with a list of arms provided to the fighters while U.S. military advisers in the field would ensure that the arms d airforces on t go outside of the Syria battle zones. air force 1 How U.S. special forces plan to liberate Ra hoka winterschuhe qqa from ISIS 02:15 Turkish Defense Ministry spokesperson Ertan Omeroglu confirmed the letter and its context to CBS News on Thursday.A U.S. decision to launch an offensive to capture Raqqa in partnership with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has complicated relations with Ankara, which views the group s Kurdish fighters as an extension of an insurgent Kurdish terror group operating in Turkey.Ankara fears arms provided to the Kurdish fighters will end up in the hands of the insurgents in Turkey and has threatened to respond to threats. The officials said Mattis told Isik in the letter that 80 percent of the force which would capture Raqqa would be made up of Ar Cmwr Trump takes stage at U.N. against backdrop of praise for Kim and Putin, criticism of allies
YAMAGATA, Japan - Smoke billowed from a building at Japan s crippl stanley cup ed nuclear power plant Friday as emergency crews worked to reconnect electricity to cooling systems and spray mo stanley termosy re water on the overheating reactors at the tsunami-ravaged facility.Four of the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant s six reactors have seen fires, explosions or partial meltdowns in the week since the tsunami. While the reactor cores where energy is generated are a concern, Japanese and U.S. officials believe a critical danger are the pools used to store spent nuclear fuel: fuel rods in one pool were believed to be at least partially exposed and in danger of leaking radiation.Friday s smoke came from Unit 2, and its cause was not known, the nuclear safety agency said. An explosion had hit the building on Tuesday, possibly damaging a crucial cooling chamber that sits below the reactor core.Complete coverage: Disaster in JapanMore urgent, Japan s chief government spokesman said, was the adjacent Unit 3. Fuel rods there may have been partially exposed, and without enough water, the rods may heat further and possibly spew radiation. Frantic efforts were made Thursday to douse the unit with water, using helicopters and firetrucks, and authorities prepared to repeat the effort Friday. Dealing with Unit 3 is ou stanley cup r utmost priority, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters.The first readings from American surveillance flights over the stricken plant show the worst contamination has not spread
ANKARA, Turkey-- Turkish officials said Thursday that U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has written to his Turkish counterpart, reassuring him that arms provided to Syrian Kurdish fighters would be taken back once ISIS militants are ousted from their main stronghold in Syria, the city of Raqqa.Officials said in a statement that Mattis also reassured Defense Minister Fikri Isik that the United States would regularly provide Turkey with a list of arms provided to the fighters while U.S. military advisers in the field would ensure that the arms d airforces on t go outside of the Syria battle zones. air force 1 How U.S. special forces plan to liberate Ra hoka winterschuhe qqa from ISIS 02:15 Turkish Defense Ministry spokesperson Ertan Omeroglu confirmed the letter and its context to CBS News on Thursday.A U.S. decision to launch an offensive to capture Raqqa in partnership with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has complicated relations with Ankara, which views the group s Kurdish fighters as an extension of an insurgent Kurdish terror group operating in Turkey.Ankara fears arms provided to the Kurdish fighters will end up in the hands of the insurgents in Turkey and has threatened to respond to threats. The officials said Mattis told Isik in the letter that 80 percent of the force which would capture Raqqa would be made up of Ar Cmwr Trump takes stage at U.N. against backdrop of praise for Kim and Putin, criticism of allies
YAMAGATA, Japan - Smoke billowed from a building at Japan s crippl stanley cup ed nuclear power plant Friday as emergency crews worked to reconnect electricity to cooling systems and spray mo stanley termosy re water on the overheating reactors at the tsunami-ravaged facility.Four of the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant s six reactors have seen fires, explosions or partial meltdowns in the week since the tsunami. While the reactor cores where energy is generated are a concern, Japanese and U.S. officials believe a critical danger are the pools used to store spent nuclear fuel: fuel rods in one pool were believed to be at least partially exposed and in danger of leaking radiation.Friday s smoke came from Unit 2, and its cause was not known, the nuclear safety agency said. An explosion had hit the building on Tuesday, possibly damaging a crucial cooling chamber that sits below the reactor core.Complete coverage: Disaster in JapanMore urgent, Japan s chief government spokesman said, was the adjacent Unit 3. Fuel rods there may have been partially exposed, and without enough water, the rods may heat further and possibly spew radiation. Frantic efforts were made Thursday to douse the unit with water, using helicopters and firetrucks, and authorities prepared to repeat the effort Friday. Dealing with Unit 3 is ou stanley cup r utmost priority, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters.The first readings from American surveillance flights over the stricken plant show the worst contamination has not spread
