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no way around it. so why are they doing it in sinjar? why is sinjar so important to americans beyond the horror that isis certainly has inflicted on people there, because of the geography. it sits on a highway right between raqqa, isis capital over in syria, and mosul, isis big grip on mosul in iraq. what they want to do, what the u.s. wants to do is break isis grip by cutting the highway where all these cities sit and cutting that supply line from raqqa in syria over to mosul. it s what they hope to achieve. it is why they are there. wolf. critical battle under way right now, thanks very much for that, barbara. i want to go to our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh. he s right near the front lines of this fight to retake sinjar. nick, tell us what you ve been seeing where you are. reporter: concerted push from 9:00 yesterday, wolf, in the

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