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And attacks against u.s. forces are increasing daily. >> this is at the apex of iraq going to hell. the surge has just started. and the war went from incredibly violent to over the top violent, especially in baghdad. >> we would get blown up regularly. snipers shooting at us. never really tell who the enemy was. >> soldiers from the u.s. army's bravo company 216, including specialist ethan mccord, are on patrol in a rundown neighborhood called new baghdad. early that morning the battalion comes under mortar fire as it leaves the base. while the soldiers patrol, they hear sporadic gunfire. >> t...

Moment, because what it meant was that the operation that we had thought we were going to do, suddenly turned into this very dire situation. >> i remember as soon as we heard that bang, we knew something was wrong. then we heard the most disturbing thing. we could hear the soldiers crying out for help, crying out in pain, and it was a horrible thing. >> there was nothing we could do other than watch and film. >> the mission changes to a rescue as apache helicopters are called in to retrieve the wounded. >> everything was incredibly dangerous at that stage because you're trying to extract wound...

That the operation that we had thought we were going to do, suddenly turned into this very dire situation. >> i remember as soon as we heard that bang, we knew something was wrong. then we heard the most disturbing thing. we could hear the soldiers crying out for help, crying out in pain, and it was a horrible thing. >> there was nothing we could do other than watch and film. >> the mission changes to a rescue as apache helicopters are called in to retrieve the wounded. >> everything was incredibly dangerous at that stage because you're trying to extract wounded men. your cover is blown. the t...

>> this is at the apex of iraq going to hell. the surge has just started. and the war went from incredibly violent to over the top violent, especially in baghdad. >> we would get blown up regularly. snipers shooting at us. never really tell who the enemy was. >> soldiers from the u.s. army's bravo company 216, including specialist ethan mccord, are on patrol in a rundown neighborhood called new baghdad. early that morning the battalion comes under mortar fire as it leaves the base. while the soldiers patrol, they hear sporadic gunfire. >> this area had been a troublesome area so bravo company ...

Welcome back. iraq's prime minister visits the white house soon in the next couple of hours. by most accounts, his country's spiraling towards a meltdown. we've been reporting on that for months now. nuri al malaki would like some help from washington. >> he's asking the united states be for heavy weaponry including apache helicopters, f-16 fighter jets as well as drones. he says he needs it to help fight pete al qaeda's resurgence in the country. many people are saying the iraqi minister is certainly part of the problem. we're covering all sides of the story. we've got brianna keilar at the u...