lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them kobe bryant. those remarks would come back to haunt them as five months later, isis launches a massive attack. including in tikrit. time after time, iraqi troops are defeated or runaway in the face of isis forces. the brutality of the group so well-known, many iraqi forces flee in terror as they see them approach. in a rare public message, al baghdadi claims the territory part of a new muslim state, a caliphate with himself as the head. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> isis is the most horrific terror group in history. in august, president obama authorizes targeted ash strikes against isis in iraq.