a counteroffensive. it is using air strikes and it is also very significantly called up and enlisted the shiite volunteers. the shiite religious community, which in this country is critically important. and the clerics who are based in the holy shiite city have issued a religious edict to fight to the death and authorized people to carry weapons, saying that if they die to defend the city, they will be secured a place in heaven. so now we ve got two groups that are preparing to resist isis, the militant group, should it come here, both the government and the shiite population. richard, are you convinced, though, that isis will make a move toward baghdad or do they realize that that might be biting off too much, that they re better off sort of keeping their gains as is? could we see more of a
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