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
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 in daylight, facing constant counterattacks. here they can see isis just beyond the berms. the incoming is from behind it. a truck that pops up, opens fire and vanishes. isis less than a kilometer away firing at iraqi special forces position. this is a constant day in, day out. where is it moving, he asks?
and for sure this is not it. i have to leave it there. thanks so much. still to come in the newsroom, after months of fighting isis to get close to the city of mosul, iraqi forces could now be within hours of entering the city. okay, so what s our latest data say?
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isis, despite being in their end s days still able to conjure the terror of omnipotence that began their savage rule. coming back, but we cannot film them. a steady stream. the unit we were with earlier on the roof have been hit. rockets struck, many of them asleep, tightly packed in a room. the blast killed 14 soldiers. many limbs torn clean off. major salim is shown the weapons of the dead. he pauses in emotion. you guys are heroes, he says, and none of you should be affected by this. those suicide bombers are nothing. two kilometers from mosul city, and seven left to the center to go.