One of chinas prominent human rights lawyers avoids down time. His days as a champion of free speech may be over. Political uncertainty. Protests are growing in haiti. After the president until run up election is definitely postponed. What is fuelling the countrys political unrest. Beautiful and brave. Miss iraq. Grounded in baghdad for the first time. Why she and other contestants defied Death Threats to be in the pageant good evening, everyone, im adam may in for antonio mora. This is al jazeera Americas International news hour. Tonight we begin with a battle for ramadi. The Iraqi Military launched on offensive aimed at recapturing the capital of anbar province, helped by the air strikes, the iraqi forces advanced inside the city center. A defeat would representatives a substantial loss for i. S. I. L. According to one estimate, the group lost 14 per cent of hits territory since the start of the year. I. S. I. L. Is far from finished, releasing footage showing its fighters controllin
Are numbered, possibly in the single digits. Reporter employing a floating plank like this, they began to close in on the busy center where they face house house combat against dugin i. S. I. L. Fighters. Back in may i. S. I. L. Took ramadi with shocking ease, routing a force with just over 1000 attackers. Months of Coalition Bombing and lowlevel ground attacks have whittled the i. S. I. L. Attackers down to 350 or fewer, while the iraqi numbers over 10,000. It is backed by u. S. Air pour which was killed hundreds of i. S. I. L. Fighters in baghdad. I think the end is coming. That said, it is going to be a tough fight. Reporter for months iraqi forces skewed a plan drafted by the u. S. Have been slowly surrounding ramadi, culting off supply lines. For u. S. Commanders, the pace of the campaign has been slow, especially since the Prime Minister has refused to accept help in the form of u. S. Attack helicopters that could provide air cover in tight area. It is tough to support somebody,
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