determined to do whatever it's going to take from suicide bombings to assassinations to establish their ultimate goal, and that is the creation of an islamic state, wolf. >> and this isis group, they have a significant presence in iraq right now, whether in fallujah, on bar. you have spent a lot of time in iraq. they seem to be gaining some significant strength, not only in syria, but iraq, as well. >> reporter: and they are effectively an extension of the islamic state of iraq, headed by omar omar al badadi who a year ago announced the accretion of the islamic state of syria and iraq and that is when we saw isis setting itself up, beginning to set itself up, inside the syrian battlefield. arguably right now it is more powerful than it has ever been across both nations, because it has proven that it is capable of expanding from iraq into syria, very capable of taking advantage