the city. it s going to be very difficult and it s going to be a very slow process for the iraqis to slowly, methodically and carefully clear their way through the city. sensitivities are being handled delicately. the fighters don t include any iranian backed shia militia in this part of the sunni heartland, according to the u.s. the u.s. already helping air strike plan for a sunni-led force to hold the city if it is taken back my iraqis. hundreds of sunni tribal fighters have been trained by the u.s. the u.s. military anxious to show success of its anti-isis strategy. we ve begun a training program a year ago to train iraqi forces to be able to take their country back. the training has started to take hold. reporter: some say for isis, ramadi served its purpose this spring when they chased iraqi
suggests strongly that we are not getting it doneand thank yo. the politics in this country suggests strongly that we are not getting it done against isis, we are losing, we are raerae weak. what is your experience on the ground, sir? thank you for having me. greetings from baghdad. we ve seen notable progress. as you know, a year ago the coalition began conducting strikes. we ve begun a training program a year ago to train iraqi forces to be able to take their country back. and in the last several weeks, wife begun we ve begun to see that training take hold. two weeks ago, we ve seen the iraqi security forces really begin to encircle and constrict their presence away ramadi like a bow a constrictor.
and carefully clear their way through this city. reporter: sectarian sensitivities are being handled delicately. the fighters purposely do not include any iranian-backed shia militias in this part of the sunni heart land, according to the u.s. the u.s. already helping iraq plan for a sunni-led force to hold the city if it is taken back by iraqis. hundreds of sunni tribal fighters have been trained by the u.s. the u.s. military anxious to show success of its anti-isis strategy. we ve begun a training program a year ago to train i q iraqi forces to be able to take their country back. and in the last several weeks we ve begun to see that happen, that training has started to take hold. reporter: some say for isis ramadi already served its purpose this spring when they chased iraqi forces from the city. they ve now determined, look, they re going to trade space for time. we re going to go ahead and give up this space called ramadi. we re going to continue to live