remarkable number of traps, roadside bombs and in fact tunnels dug under some of the roads linked up to explosive devices. a fear that maybe isis fighters disguised themselves as peshmerga and go literally underground. in fact, we were there in peshmerga they said an isis sniper fired over their heads. the peshmerga fired back. they have two injuries in their ranks. still deeply volatile inside that city, but it's definitely in peshmerga hands now. no doubt about that. very little to live off though. barely a building that hasn't been damaged, rendered unusable by the violence brought upon the city. the time when the yazidis who once lived there can actually come back is still distant, but all the same the peshmerga are in control. they've torn huge trenches and laid big earth berms across that main route 47 between raqqa and mosul. no one's going to be using that in the foreseeable future without their permission. so at least one strategic goal