2month sitin. And ben braid brie a newspaper editor dies. We look at his golden era this exclusive report from iraq the army is trying to take back tikrit from i. S. I. L. With the help of progovernment militia, iraqi forces recaptured three towns. Together with baiji its among the armys key goals. Al jazeera has obtained exclusive access to the action imran khan has that report. Reporter battling i. S. I. L. Requires patients and sometimes hitting odd targets. This is a makeshift road block boobytrapped with explosives. It takes a lot of fire to clear it. This is the latest iraqi Army Offensive to secure the main highway between tikrit and baghdad. Along the way they have retaken villages from i. S. I. L. , who have fallen back to positions closer to tikrit. I. S. I. L. Cant go near a 5km radius around the villages that we control, yet they are still circling, reassuring the people of these towns and villages that they are safe. Take tikrit will not be easy. Hard core fighters will be
Good morning. Im melissa harrisperry. We begin with the breaking news still underway in nairobi, kenya. After 24 hours after a standoff began, masked gunman are still holed up in the building. At least 59 people are reported dead and 175 others injured. Four americans are among those hurt. A North Carolina woman was inside the mall at the time of the attack and described the scene. You could hear, while we were back there, them methodically going from store to store, talking to people, asking questions, shooting, screams, and then it would stop for a while, and then it would go to another store. Al shabaab, an Islamist Militant Group based in somalia is claiming responsibility for the attack. They say its revenge for the kenyas crackdown on the group in somalia which began two years ago. Al shabaab has pledged allegiance to al qaeda and has been lipged to other violence in eastern, kenya. But that is their most brazen attack yet. Nbcs ron allen joins us now with the latest. Rob, are yo