Fiercer Fighting News Today

Like grenades. rocket after rocket lands. over the hill, there is fiercer fighting. and still, the rockets come in. exposed, trudging through land turned arid. the united states identifying the casualty there reported yesterday as chief petty officer jason "c" -- thats basically a d-mining squad. weve seen ourselves, so many american special forces and armored vehicles often going in with the first group of peshmerga in territory. the white house admits they are in harms way. but it is clear tha...

Peshmerga have listened to those militants on their radios this morning discussing how they should wait and only launch a counterattack once the peshmerga are inside. two peshmerga are killed by a mine and others injured in intense clashes, when they flank the town heading left across barren farmland. isis still here haunting the dust pushed back moments earlier. we reach one unit pinned down on a hill. they say a drone is observing them, but also dropping tiny bombs on them. like grenades. we a...

Observing them and dropping tiny bombs on them. like grenades, we are warned. rocket after rocket lands. over the hill, there is fiercer fighting. and, still, the rockets come in. exposed, trudging through land. the u.s. saying they have lost servicemen in the last 24 hours or so. minimal details as is normally the case in this opening 24 hours. we understand that soldier hit by an improvised device. you saw in that report there, a lot of american personnel pretty near the front and the pentagon

We reach one unit pinned down on a hill. they say a drone is observing them and dropping tiny bombs on them. like grenades, we are warned. rocket after rocket lands. over the hill, there is fiercer fighting. and, still, the rockets come in. exposed, trudging through land. turned arid. now we know some sad news from the pentagon that a u.s. soldier lost his life in the last 24 to 48 hours or so. minimal details as is customary when a u.s. death is announced. this soldier was hit by an ied, a mine...