The isis fighters were killed. No iraqis or americans were killed. Whos winning this war that congress is being asked to wage . Im joined my rear admiral john kirby, the Pentagon Press spokesman. Thank you for joining us. Thats my question. It looks to me and based upon your statements today that isis is still on the offensive. No i dont know that id say that, chris. They certainly have been on the offensive the last couple of days, but our assessment is that strategically theyre still very much in a defensive crouch. We need to keep this in . Al baghdadi the town near the base is actually contested right now. We dont assess that its completely fully in their control and this attack never got beyond the perimeter, the extreme perimeter of a base thats roughly the size of boulder, colorado. So im not saying were not taking it seriously, but i dont know that id go as far to say that isil is back on the offensive. Who took that land back . Who took that territory back from the isis forces