bombings. and then event really isis was able to sweep through the city forcing out all of the iraqi security forces. now, the iraqi government is trying to beef up out presence of its own fighting forces in an area at a military base there. and they're also as you're mentioning sending in more of these paramilitary shia units. as well as saying that they are trying to escalate their attempts to arm the sunni tribes all of which, of course further complicates what is already a complicated landscape. because this fighting for us at the end of the day is not necessarily cohesive. it does not necessarily fall under a single demand structure. what it's also doing, john at this stage is forcing the iraqi government and all of the fighters at its disposal truly focused on preventing isis on pushing forward towards baghdad and the u.s. for its part, also trying to perhaps revise its strategy so far being called at this stage a strategy.