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Gentleman and take bath that city? >> thats where more u.s. support is needed. thats the bottom line. this was done with a minimal amount of united states support. if we provided more boots on the ground, provided more air straiks, more cover, training, just more, then -- including people to work and be side by side and help coordinate these strikes. theres no question that the sunnis in anbar will fight and fight with americans if we have sufficient numbers on the ground to do that. we could be...

Six american nato forces and serves as a reminder that country is still in a state of chaos. and a wave of violence going on in iraq as insurgeants try to retake parts of ramadi back. the united states sending 200 special forces to iraq. but the big question is is that anywhere near enough troops? fox news contributor and former advisor to four ambassadors in the united nations. on christmas you never want to talk about sending troops into the harms way. but is 200 troops enough? >> first of all...

Approaching the city center, working their way past, as weve talked about, all of ieds, bombs, tunnels, houses wired to blow up. very tough slow dangerous work. but taking ramadi back, you know, it depends whether or not they will be able to hold it over the long term, will be able to deal with any isis insurgency in the city if you will and whether or not the sunni fighters who come in to hold it will be able to ensure that a new round of sectarian violence between shia and sunni does not break...

Much for joining us on this christmas day. and barbara, we will start with you. how optimistic are the forces that they are gong to be able to liberate ramadi within the next few days? >> well, it is hard to tell, but certainly, they are on the path to getting ramadi back, and we have been talking about the ieds and the explosives, but they seem to be making progress, and the pentagon and the obama administration is optimistic at the moment, and perhaps because it is a very important victory for...

Training. they appear very ready to take on isis. if they get ramadi back, if they get mosul back, iraq gets a big chunk of its territory back. carol. >> barbara star reporting live from the pentagon. thank you. still to come in the newsroom, time for tense and awkward political discussions around the christmas dinner table. some tips on getting you through it next. jusdoes that mean they have toer grow apart from their friends, or from the things they love to do? with right at home, it doesnt...

But it may be the toughest 30%. the iraqis still trying to make their move into central ramadi to get to a government complex where isis is pretty much holed up in using it as their headquarters, the iraqis feel theres still a lot of isis fighters in the city and mostly foreign fighters and as weve talked about throughout the last several days remains very much rigged to blow. isis has had months to dig in, set up barricades and roadside bombs and ieds and entire buildings. so the iraqis making ...

Forces from the city. >> theyre going to give up ramadi and continue to live to fight another day. >> reporter: on this already devastated battle field of the city, desperation is everywhere. some isis fighters remain dug in and willing to use ramadi citizens as they see fit. >> human shields are going to be the favorite tactic that isis employs. theres significant civilian casualty rate is also going to be a significant problem for iraqi forces. so if the operations go wrong, theyre going to be...

Iraqi golden division of special operations forces, trained by the u.s. and the iraqis really can eventually get ramadi back. nobodys predicting victory any time soon. carol? >> barbara starr reporting live for us this morning. panic in jerusalem. israeli police say three people were wounded in an attack in one of the most historic parts of the old city. they say two of the victims were stabbed by palestinian assailants. the third was shot possibly by israeli gunfire. more now from cnns oren l...

Moment for the iraqis and for the obama administration. youll recall it was about seven months ago when iraqi forces fled ramadi as isis advanced, and the u.s. has spent a lot of money in the last seven months trying to train iraqi forces to get ready to take ramadi back. now the iraqis making their move. we are told the fighting very heavy, very difficult, very slow. and that is because isis has laid ieds, bombs, booby-traps, barricades, all kinds of obstacles that the iraqis are having to dism...

Against isis in iraq, four near ramadi. msnbc has exclusive new video into the glimpse of the fight to take ramadi back. anti-isis tribal fighter in iraq provided them to us. we dont know the circumstances surrounding or leading up to the events depicted. i want to bring in senior editor for video content, cal perry. explain what these videos are demonstrating. >> thomas, we are getting ourselves a greound view of the fighting in ramadi. we do know that the iraqi government is urging people to l...