surprising, we are not getting fatalities from kurdish forces. this has been a fierce fight at times. we are have seen wounded fighters brought back from the frontlines. it is not a one-way street that's for sure. we did hear this morning from iraqi government official of a town about 25 kilometers south of mosul that has been retaken by iraqi forces that 5,000 to 6,000 civilians were freed during that operation. a place called shiru. those are taken to camps to be processed. it is feared that the isis fighters are trying to blend in with those. and the city north of shiru, that is surrounded by iraqi forces and that is a place with foreign fighters inside. some of the better fighters that