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Stand. >> yes, well, we saw in the weeks preceding the beginning of the operation last saturday to take this last pocket of isis was that they were giving time for the civilians to flee. now they are all in a camp north of here that has as many as 40,000 people in it. its incredibly overcrowded. as many as 50 children have died from illnesses and from the cold but there was this window open. the window is now closed. we understand there are a thousand people in an area of really tents. its not t...

Flames at the edge of one neighborhood. iraqi forces launched this latest operation last thursday morning from the north and the northwest. "be careful," major mustafa warns his troops, "watch out for booby traps." a lone, black banner of the extremists fluters in the hot wind. the bombardment is unrelenting. this is the final push in the battle for mosul, a battle that began in the middle of october last year. at the time, iraqi officials said it would be over by the end of 2016. now its well i...

Us hes living in a cave. hes symbolic but he doesnt appear to be directing anything, and now hes the operational leader, and so what changed here? hes not living in a cave clearly, the whole hiding in plain sight thing, and youre now saying i guess based on these documents that he was in charge of a lot. >> indeed he was obviously a symbol. hes the only emir or leader of al qaeda that they ever had in its 22-year history and he was obviously a symbolic leader, but what we now know, taking a look...

Us hes living in a cave. hes symbolic but he doesnt appear to be directing anything, and now hes the operational leader, and so what changed here? hes not living in a cave, clearly, the whole hiding in plain sight thing, and youre now saying i guess based on these documents that he was in charge of a lot. >> indeed he was obviously a symbol. hes the only emir or leader of al qaeda that they ever had in its 22-year history and he was obviously a symbolic leader, but what we now know, again,taking...