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Fight. lets get the latest from nick paton walsh in baghdad right now. nick, whats the latest were hearing on this vast operation? >> reporter: at this stage were trying to separate the rhetoric we heard from the shia militia who seem to be the tip of the spear in this operation and the iraqi government. they announced a wide ranging operation but of course isis will have a say in this fight as well. we have to see how quickly they make progress. what was announced this morning is an operation f...

Both sides are denying reports by gadhafi or deadlines by rebels, any sort of negotiating end of the bloodiest of all the middle east uprisings weve seen. this is the refinery town of ras lanuf where outgunned opposition forces are trying to hold off army troops and hold on to assets and momentum gained in the last three weeks, momentum that now seems to be on the army sides. we havent heard of any military victories in the last little while. two other cities, benghazi, over there on the east, a...