fleeting enemy, lit only by the glow of mosul s city limits. barely two kilometers away. the iraqi special forces, trained by the u.s., target with a tank here. where they are attacked from during the day. telling us to husband humvees as cover when they move. their commander major salim has fought isis in fallujah, ramadi, and now the end is near. where did the artillery land, he asks? just visible in the distant lights of mosul. this is the global tip of the spear in the war on isis. surging forwards, on a thin strip of land, into isis territory. and, as we see in the same area
major isis strong hold now for more than two years. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is embedded with iraqi forces on the front line. reporter: the last phase of lifting isis dark curse from iraq begins here. trying to hit a spectral fleeting enemy, lit only by the glow of mosul s city limits. barely two kilometers away. iraqi special forces trained by the u.s. target with a tank here. where they are attacked from during the day. telling us to use humvees as cover when they move. their commander, major salam, has fought isis in fallujah, ramadi, and now the end is near. where did the artillery land, he asks.
runs from where we saw the fighting start, just a few weeks ago now, to where they are hitting the city limits now where we saw ourselves some of the intense resistance isis is putting up. the last phase of lifting isis dark curse from iraq begins here. trying to hit a spectral, fleeting enemy, lit only by the glow of mosul s city limits. barely two kilometers away. the iraqi special forces, trained by the u.s., target with a tank here. where they are attacked from during the day. telling us to use humvees as cover when they move. their commander major salim has fought isis in fallujah, ramadi, and now the end is near. where did the artillery land, he
ready, it seems to the call it fully liberated, but if they are calling it earlier than they should, it is absolutely no surprise. you mentioned the humiliation in may when ramadi fell, and the iraqi army fled ahead of the advancing isis forces, and it was not a humiliation to the iraqi force, but it was a entire rethink and redress of the u.s. strategy of why it is not working. what we are seeing in ramadi is the fruits of a complete restrategization, bringing in the sunni mobilization troops, and much like what we saw in 2006 and 2007, and the sunni a wakening then to push back the isis precursor al qaeda in iraq. and there is a stake here that not the least of which is ramadi could be the blueprint for the fight against isis in fallujah
this administration is chomping at the bit for military action from iraq. they are far from certain that iraqi leaders will deliver it. secretary kerry says the most powerful driving force, frankly, is the dire situation in iraq. the iraqi military battled isis in fallujah today. as the country eair force targeted militants claiming control over a key military refinery. who is against this backdrop that secretary john kerry travelled to iraq to press the divided leaders to join together. or lose any chance of defeating isis and saving their country. in your time here, have you seen any hard evidence of any of the parties involved willing to make compromises? words are cheap. i fuelly, you know, i m not taking anything i hear to the bank and saying, wow, it s going