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Cnn has obtained a remarkable collection of videos, evidence of the draconian and brutal tactics employed by the radical islamic group isis to control much of northern syria. a group so radical, even al qaeda distanced itself. in the video recorded by the group itself, isis is seen interrogating prisoner, and completing executions. the video is disturbing. ben wedeman has more. >> reporter: the voice off camera asks, how old are you? i was born in 1980. are you married? yes, he responds. i have ...

Hes in a fight for his life, i suspect, and hes going to rely on the iranians, and wait and see what the united states does. so im concerned. >> jamie rubin with ow wowolf blitzer. and iraq and syria, and even al qaeda says isis is too violent for them. you have time to shop for car insurance today? yeah. i heard about progressives "name your price" tool? i guess you can tell them how much you want to pay and it gives you a range of options to choose from. huh? im looking at it right now. oh, ...

Allies which include former sunni insurgent groups that were very active during the u.s. invasion of iraq and sunni tribes fighting alongside them as theyve moved in an arc down towards the capital baghdad. a lot of heavy fighting place taking place in diallah province. and as the iraqi security forces have largely fled their positions theyve been abandoning a sizable, massive arsenal of weaponry ranging from heavy machine guns to mortar rounds, rocket launchers. not to mention all sorts of humv...

Emir. they found it in january after fled between isis and other factions. some of the clips and still shots show a young woman in the company of him trying her hand and shooting an ak-47 exalt rifle. -- assault rifle. steady he tells her. steady. isis is imposing the strictest possible dress code on women in the area it given her face is uncovered, clearly this was a private moment. so what happened to the interrogated men? its not clear from the videos, but one of the last recordings documents...

Abhorrent sexitarianian policy are the one whose bear arms against malikis politics >> reporter: does this mean for iraq? >> translator: we are currently seeking not to enter baghdad, because we want to avoid the bloodshed. we seek to form a caretaker government made up of all iraqis. so we can prove to the world we are not isis, and prove to the world that we are not sunnis. we are all iraqis. >> reporter: do you think this could, where were going now, could this become a sunni/shia religious w...

And with the rise of the sunni terrorists in syria, these two things together created a vacuum in which civil strife returned. the on wonly way to turn it around other than the military steps that may be necessary is to get some of our sunni friends back in the means jordan, saudi arabia. right now, wolf, we have an awkward bedfellow. on the same side as tehran. working with the maliki government, trying to persuade them to take steps to improve their relationship with the sunni community. meanw...

That bodes ill for the future. however this battle takes shape in the next few days. >> people in baghdad have to be very afraid. what are they considering to try to protect themselves, or their families? >> reporter: well, theyre looking to these militia. we saw hundreds of people here on the streets today. young men, old men, christian, sunni, shias. majority shias but joining up for these defense forces. so theyll mount defense sources. increased security around the city. people are looking t...

Employ the contractors. theyre the ones that have chosen to evacuate their employees. the evacuations are happening for contractors working in balad. our own anderson cooper to one of the contractors who was evacuated after isis opened fire. heres what he says -- >> local national security forces they pretty much just dropped their weapons and walked off. the iraqi army stayed and fought, they did what they were supposed to do. but if it wasnt for the villages on our perimeter, we might not be t...