appears to show shiite militias heeding the government's call to join efforts to take it back. iraqi forces are also aassemble aassembling in has been nia, a military base near fallujah. isis fighters fighters launched new attacks on has been nia overnight. h ashsbbaniyah. bill, what do we know about what isis is trying to do here? >> good morning, jose essentially they're trying to drive home their advantage in anbar province where they have the iraqi army on the run. now a good time to make more gains. remember isis took the city of fallujah a year ago, nearby ramadi this past weekend and as you say they're now trying to link them up. it's not far, it's a 45-minute drive. overnight, iraqi forces say they fought off an attack by isis. there is the huge military base