ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Talks between the United States and Turkey on a possible Turkish role in combating the Islamic State military group were positive, the Pentagon said on Thursday (October 16) but declined to comment on what Turkey may actually do.<br/> <br />"The discussions went very, very well. They did center around looking for other ways and other contributions that Turkey can commit to this," Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, told reporters during an appearance at the U.S. State Department's daily briefing.<br/> <br />Kirby also confirmed that the U.S. had conducted fourteen airstrikes near the Syrian town of Kobani on the Turkish border. The strikes hit 19 Islamic State buildings, two command posts, three fighting positions, three sniper positions, one staging location, and one heavy machine gun -- very precise targeting, he said.<br/> <br />Last week Turkish and U.S. officials said Islamic State were on the verge of taking Kobani from its heavily outg
