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a major blow against isis. iraqi forces say they ve captured ramadi. isis had controlled the strategic city west of baghdad for almost seven month. it was a scene of brutal fighting in the last few days. now iraqi troops have raised their flag in the city center and declared victory. some pockets of isis fighters remain. a spokesman says it may take up to three weeks to push them out. as troops celebrate their first major win against isis, the country s leaders are voiing to fight on to other vowing to fight on to other terrorist strongholds. now a look at the capture of ramadi. reporter: declaring victory in ramadi. video broadcast by iraqi state tv shows soldiers raising their national flag over the city s government compound, celebrating the iraqi military s first major victory over the so-called islamic state. translator: ramadi has been freed, and the armed forces and
province the sunnis look there. what s going on here? well ground is very important. cities are very important. because they have an emotional tie as well. that s part of the western euphrates river valley ramadi biggest city west of baghdad. it s critical from that standpoint. but also as a symbol. why is the iraqi military after all the training the arms everything the u.s. did to train 300,000 iraqi soldiers i m guessing most of them are missing in action right now. they have fled. why did the iraqi army turn out to be a disaster? i think after the departure of the americans in 2010 there was a move that the shia dominate organizations and i think it cut the morale and leadership out of many organizations, i think there s still some solid organizations in there but the most critical thing about a military is its leadership and you ve got to have an infrastructure through. the former prime minister al