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The fight. of course we heard the prime minister yesterday announcing that the liberation of tikrit is in its final stages, coordinating with the same the u.s. coalition air strikes have begun in tikrit, possibly here were going to see some sort of split in this fragile iraqi alliance between the iraqi military and these predominantly shia forces that have done the ground work in this battle for tikrit. the leadership of these militias have maintained and insisted that they do not need the suppo...

Targets that have been hit so far, and the military response from the rebels? and talk to us as well about the countries that are involved in this coalition. >> reporter: were in the middle of a war, and the saudi press agency saying they have taken out all houthi air defenses. that doesnt mean that the houthis which until months ago in fact were a loose group of shia movements, as well. they didnt suddenly match up an air deaf system their own. -- air defense system of their own. they, accordin...

Air strikes began wednesday at the request of the prime minister. we have more from baghdad and are discussing the latest information. the u.s. had previously allowed iraqi forces backed by iran lead the charge in tikrit. why is that calculation changed the past few days? >> reporter: thats the big question, errol. a lot of people are asking this question. and this is one that the u.s. administration and the u.s. military will have to answer at this point. for the past three weeks, they have sta...

Soldier. >> he did talk about how he did not agree with the war effort in afghanistan. >> reporter: some of his former teammates could be called to testify at a trial. some believe several soldiers lost their lives looking for bergdahl. >> i believe the fact of the matter is whether those soldiers were -- when those soldiers were killed, they would not have been where they were at if bergdahl had not left. >> reporter: barbara starr, the pentagon. well turn to the breaking news coming out of y...