part of russia, he promise today work with russia on the issue of international terrorism to cooperate on the war in syria, but none of that has come pass, instead there s this political situation underway in the united states which they describe as poisonous and toxic, collusion being just one aspect of that. out of that the latest criticism coming from the russian defense ministry about action in iraq and mosul. a few months ago the united states was accusing russia, now russia is doing the same by saying isil in mosul are baiting to attack, if the u.s. coalition has this information what makes them strike with their smart bombs dooming civilians to a
been forced to leave mosul. cnn obtained a new video shot by a freelance cameraman where you can see the overwhelming violence people face. cnn s ben wedeman reports. reporter: gunfire roaring nearby. mosul residents flee their neighborhood of tehran. reporter: then an isis suicide car bomb explodes nearby. pieces of metal and concrete raining down. the blast sets an iraqi federal police humvee on fire killing several policemen, wounding others. this footage provided to cnn by freelance cameraman ricardo villa nova is a raw glimpse of the intensity of the battle photographer western mosul.
and natural flavors from the very beginning. give kind a try. . a dramatic new look inside mosul as the battle intensifies for this one-time isis stronghold. car bombs exploding, fire fights taking place as families in the middle of the crossfire are forced to leave. more than 70,000 people have
if the ground shifts and isis takes over and comes after and threatens their families as we ve seen isis do time and time again, for instance, rounding up large numbers of police and their family inside mosul as a reaction to the way their partnership with u.s. and iraqi forces, if that comes into play, they want to be able to turn to the united states to look for help and salvation. so somebody making that consideration potentially now is going to think twice. it would be expectant that isis will play on propaganda saying the united states is anti-muslim. that sort of propaganda is going to fuel that campaign and fuel their fight. there are many ways in which this is counterproductive, counterintuitive. i would tro throw one other
look at the bigger picture to a certain degree, it s irrelevant because the fight against isis is not about gaining territory. it s about fighting an ideology. it s about fighting those fundamental thoughts and beliefs that allow an entity like isis to emerge and thrive. briefly, just look at the history of isis only in iraq. it started off back in 2004, it quickly became al qaeda in iraq. it morphed every single time the u.s. military or iraqi government declared it defeated and became this entity we call isis. more formidable than anyone the u.s. military faced and the iraqi is fighting against isis in a heavily populated city. if you look at the reporting, the most haunting images are those of the civilian population hiding inside their homes because the front line is the wall of their house. yeah. you, i mean, that was just on such a stark display with your