having said that, you mentioned the helicopter gun ships, thanks, also special forces troops are on the ground trying to push the militants back so they don t continue the march towards baghdad. now, having said that, air strikes have been critical in other battles including the battle for control of the badge ji oil refinery north of tikrit. we saw that last week. and also at this point, along with tikrit, you know, they re launching, of course, the fight there, but north of that mosul still remains a major battleground, as well. again, today s fight in tikrit started before dawn and iraqi tishls said the air strikes were targeting the militants attacking troops on the campus of tikrit university. and iraqi ground troops are also getting help from heavy artillery fire. tikrit as we ve been reporting has been one of the bloodiest battlegrounds so far. it s where isis sass militants reportedly executed 160 people two weeks ago. so having said that, let s talk