Syria have launched one of their most daring assaults, seizing a major city. This time saddam husseins hometown of tikrit, the city overrun just a day after insurgents took control of iraqs second biggest city, mosul. Hundreds of thousands of residents are running from their homes. Police have been laying down their arms, trying to change into civilian clothes, all in an effort to escape the worst carnage to strike iraq in nearly a decade. Cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is outfront. Jim, this is stunning to imagine when you think about the time, the money, the lives that were spent on iraq, iraqi and american. Where do things stand tonight . It is stunning. Its alarming, particularly how quickly it has straighted. These are major cities. Mosul first, tikrit, saddam husseins hometown. And theyre getting closer to the capitol baghdad. And one of the big disappointments for u. S. Officials, iraqi officials is that the Iraqi Security forces that the u. S. Has been t
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