us, raqqah, syria, is now job number one. and we re prosecuting that fight there just like we did here by with and through our local partners. we re performing the same kind of missions. the coalition is performing the same kind of missions there. we ll take raqqah. cnn has more. good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. of course, the recapture of mosul a great victory for the iraqis and a major blow for isis. there still is a tough task ahead for the iraqis when it comes to securing and stabilizing and holding areas where they pushed isis out of. there s also the reconstruction effort to try and rebuild that devastated city, mosul. an effort that is probably going to cost them billions. it s unclear at this point where iraq is going to get the money for that. and isis still does control several towns in iraq, some key
today. we are told. this is such a heavy bomb. such a large bomb. it is put in the back of a cargo plane, a special operations cargo plane, and basically pushed out the back of it. now they ve drop today on this isis complex of fighters in eastern afghanistan. this is an area where just a few days ago a u.s. special operations soldier was killed in action in a fire fight with isis fighters. it s an area the u.s. has been trying to go after to clear isis out of. it an extraordinary use of this weapon to put mildly how seriously the u.s. air force takes this bomb, the official name is the massive ordinance air blast bomb, moab, the nickname inside the air force for this, quite seriously is the mother of all bombs. and barbara, we re watching the testing video. you watch the impact of this play out. you mentioned this was developed
thank you so much. we appreciate that. errol. zain, to the north, iraqi force res battling isis at a very delicate place, the bajii oil refinery. it is iraq s largest. the iraqis are doing taking extra care to make sure the refinery isn t damaged and to save it. this is just a taste of how apocalyptic it could again at the baiji oil refinery. already choking on smoke. part of this huge complex is still head by isis. the months long fight here slowed by fears and chaos isis could reach if they scorch and burn here as they retreat. iraqi special forces took us to their front line, defending the ruins of a house that a coalition air strike pushed isis out of. in this area. they, from the elite golden
iraqi special forces took us to their front line defending the ruins of a house that a coalition air strike pushed isis out of. they are from the elite golden division. their ramadi colleagues part of the troops the u.s. said lacked the will to fight. that line of buildings over there is isis closest position. and during a thick sandstorm here they used the cover of it to advance within 20 meters of here. when the sandstorm subsided suddenly a fire fight began. [ gunfire ] we don t know why they start shooting what they may have seen. isis a few in number here they say but willing to die and have a sniper nearby. or maybe they more want to show us and even washington they very much do want to fight.
smoke. shia fighters filmed this on tuesday, and slowed by fears the chaos isis could wreak if they scorch and burn here as they retreat. iraqi special forces took us to their front line defending the ruins of a house that a coalition air strike pushed isis out of. they from the elite golden division and it s part of the troops the u.s. said had a lack of fight, and yesterday during a thick sand storm here they used the cover of it to advance within 20 meters of here. when the sand storm subsided suddenly a firefight began. [ sound of gunshots ] reporter: we don t know why they started shooting this day, what they may have seen.