forces. but also because of what it affects in the city of raqqa. it s not only going to affect the water supply but, most importantly, the electricity. when you re in a situation you can cut off power to a town and you can control the amount of power in a government source, that causes an uprising in the citizens as we saw so frequently in iraq when i was there in combat operations. the very fact they can shut that down to the power of the town means they can affect the transfer of oil supplies, gasoline, the pumping of gas, heating, cooking, all of those sorts of things and it will make the citizens of that town rise up even faster against isis and cause them to have problems with their governing capabilities. you mentioned forces are about to spike the ball on isis but after disappointing events this year, it s certainly positive developments. lieutenant general mark hertling, thank you for your insight. we appreciate it. thank you, errol.
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anti-isis effort? where are we in the plan to bring them down here? you have to consider the advances in the iraqi-led anti-isis campaign. that is growing in momentum over the last several months. they have trained a new group of fighters and replaced some of the iraqi security force leaders which is causing some tactical victories, truthfully. you re seeing in iraq, the cutting of supply lines to mosul by kurdish forces and iraqi security forces with the recent victories in sinjar and talafar. you see what is a growing capability of in anbar with the enlistment of the sunni tribal members, both into the security forces and into local militias. you re seeing the government actually reaching out to both of the sunnis and the kurd, something that mr. maliki didn t do in the past. at the same time, in syria you re seeing advances by both
politics and turns people off. with the problems we are facing with beheadings by isis and faulty economy and black lives matter movement and all of the different issues out there if this is what the campaign turns into it, it will be a very sad day for us. it will be sad and interesting to see how many people stick with it at that point too. ben ferguson and errol louis, thank you both. thank you. listen. we have new images of intense fighting in ramadi. take a look at this. iraqi forces making gains to try to take back this city from isis. later this hour, peyton manning is the subject of a new documentary that claims he is part of a human growth doping ring. he is denying that but we will bring you more of his reaction next. i wanna see, i wanna see. longing. serendipity. what are the.
he tells them to, quote be patient because god is with you. cnn did not verify the authenticity of that message but we want to bring in cnn correspondent robin quil and lieutenant general mark hertling. mark, we know they are 550 yards from this compound. do we know, based on that, how close iraqi forces are to retaking ramadi as a whole? it does sound like in terms of distance, christi, that they are close, however, the issues they are facing on the ground such as boobytraps and sniper fire and the threat of injuring civilians in this fight that could be caught in the cross-fire is what is slowing them down so much. we do know that they have captured a high-level member of isis on the ground and not to be diffused with the leader of isis, baghdadi. according to officials he is providing information how many fighters are left inside.