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Because of the various reports of civilian casualties, there are going to be modifying their tactics using less airstrikes, advancing more on foot. these are narrow streets, using more drones and precision artillery. this is the ugly reality of the battle they are facing. isis is 408ding the civilian. population hostage. when people try to flee, if isis catches them, they turn them back at gunpoint. they don t allow families to leave houses that isis then uses as fugting positions. this was one of the big concerns even well before this battle for mosul began. the fate of the civilian population. arwa damon, cnn, irbil. now to that major u.s. military announcement today. the new deployment of soldiers to northern iraq. our pentagon reporter is joining us with more information. the timing of the new deployment is is interesting. do you think or are you hearing it s related to the investigation of the airstrike? ....
Compared that to where these reports were coming from. where these reports of civilian casual tie casualties. they have identified one strike on the 17th of march that did take place in the neighborhood where these reports of civilian casualties are emanating from. the u.s.-led coalition believes they were targeting isis fight rs and isis equipment. so what they are doing is review the intelligence from the strikes, surveillance materials, local intelligence reports from the ground from officials and social media. the investigation will take some time, but the military is constantly investigating these allegations. they have a process to pursue, but they do adjust procedures. when these reports come in in an effort to avoid these koind of situations in the future. ryan brown from the pentagon, thank you. still to come, it s a jarring image. a a candidate in a western democracy embracing vladimir putin. the same time president trump s ....
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Behind the anti-media cry, the truth is that he loves the media, obsessed with the media, cares more about the media perception of him than perhaps anything else. interesting. thank you very joining us. thank you. still to come, tragedy in mosul. the u.s. military launching a formal investigation into the deaths of potentially hundreds of civilians. was it isis? was it a u.s. airstrike or somehow both? we ll take you to iraq, next. you re live in the cnn newsroom. (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body s own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn t exist until now. and today can save your life. ....
this deployment had been in the works for some time, we understand. but however, it is related to this intense battle that is beginning to take place inside mosul in that older part of the city where you re seeing this it fierce resistance by isis, as they dig in and hide amongst the civilian population. so the iraqi troops are struggling in this kind of critical part of the battle. so they are bringing in more advisers. u.s. defense official tells us in the low hundreds to hept a significant uptick in u.s. forces advising iraqi troops in this battle. today we also heard from the u.s. central command, as we mentioned earlier, what more have you learned about this investigation now into the deaths of all the civilians from the u.s. side? that s right. the military has con if you remember firmed is an investigation is ongoing. they have reviewed the strikes carried out in recent days and ....