reporter: already from sources inside the city that they have, for instance, released prisoners and used them to dig a network of trenches and tunnels around the city. we know as has happened in the past that they re also planting ieds and traps all over the place and prepared truck bombs and car bombs in the event that iraqi forces do get into the city. also other than that we re hearing things that would indicate perhaps that their nerves are getting a bit jangled at the moment. that some isis fighters have left the city. others are wondering if perhaps they ll be able to take advantage of an amnesty offered by the iraqi government even if this offensive and certainly what we ve seen. it s quite impressive to think that back in june of 2014 when isis took the city. it was just a few hundred men
joining us is general bob scales. the u.s. coalition forces have trained 16,000 forces the past year. the effort has been supported by 30 airstrikes. is the u.s.-led coalition $support in iraq starting to work when it comes to defeating isis? that s a great question. my sources tell me they reequipped these forces with weapons that are effective. mainly the at-4 anti-take that stopped the truck bombs. with embedded forward air controller they are able to drop bombs closer to advancing forces. this is the a-team for the iraqi forces. this is their aunter terrorism forces. you saw the forces with the black uniforms.
al qaeda s murderous new ideology. all of it culminating in this, osama bin laden s official and very public declaration of war on america and americans. bin laden had spoken. once again he had warned his enemy. but was anyone really listening? did anyone take him seriously? bin laden was about to strike and now had his own spy casing the target. my name is ali mohamed. reporter: an agent who had spent years inside the u.s. military. [ sirens ] two american embassies, two truck bombs, two terrorist attacks just nine minutes apart in neighboring countries along the coast.
movement in the operation to recapture ramadi. over the past several months the coalition provided specialized training and equipment including combat engineering techniques and munitions like shoulder-fired the missiles to stop truck bombs up to the iraqi army and its counter-terrorism service units that are beginning to enter ramadi neighborhood in multiple directions. in the last 24 hours, the isf retook the operations center on the northern bank of the euphrates river. it s an important step, but there is til tough fighting ahead. isil counter attacked several times but so far the isf has shown resilience. the youth is repaired to assist the iraqi army with additional unique capability to help them
recapture ramadi. over the past several months the coalition has provided specialized training and equipment, including combat engineering techniques like in-stride breaching and bull doizing, and munitions like at-4 shoulder-fired missiles to stop truck bombs. both to the iraqi army and its counterterrorism service units that are now beginning to enter ramadi neighborhoods from multiple directions. in fact, in the last 24 hours the isf retook the anbar operations center on the northern bank of the euphrates river across from ramadi s city center. this is an important step but there s still tough fighting ahead. isil has counter attacked several times, but thus far the isf has shown resilience. the united states is prepared to assist the iraqi army with additional unique capabilities to help them finish the job, including attack helicopters and accompanying advisors if circumstances dictate and if